Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

5 reviews

lawoodworth's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Death

thaliareads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I really appreciated that this book didn't make Sloan and Jason's budding relationship easy. They were coming from very different situations, points in life, and circumstances. It was nice to see their bond grow and develop as they faced different milestones in their relationship - and I think it was appropriate to see that it wasn't always easy and required a lot of compromise on both sides. Overall this book was full of lots of entertaining twists and turns. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Death, Car accident, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Infidelity

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Stalking, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Sloan's fiancé had died prior to the book in a motorcycle accident. Drug and alcohol use and abuse related to a side character that fell victim to the entertainment industry. Some minor animal neglect leading to Sloan finding Tucker at the start of the novel.

annahamburger's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Another poignant story! This one balances the light the and heavy that comes with life. A hopeful story that unfolds about our FMC finding love after loss. 

In this book we get to see Sloan's character be fleshed out as well as meet Jason. Kristen continues to be a central character and I was happy to see her and peak into her life after her "happily ever after". Josh unfortunately sort of faded to a side character, I was hoping to get to know him better from the outside since their book really focused on Kristen. 

I enjoyed Sloan and Jason's character development and complicated and nuanced reactions to real relationship barriers (not everyone is a rockstar but jobs have been known to transfer people or require travel). 

This book got emotional reactions out of me such as- smiling, laughing, and crying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Cursing, and Self harm

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Drug use, Pregnancy, Car accident, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

stephaniezd's review

emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

First half of the book - five stars! A terrific story about girl meets boy and works to overcome her previously devastating loss. Second half of the book was a complete slog that just brought the whole thing down. Both characters need therapy AND to get over themselves. Yikes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Addiction, and Car accident

zabeishumanish's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

4.25

This book was hard. Really hard. Emotionally catastrophic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Stalking

Minor: Eating disorder