Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez

76 reviews

booknerdxo88's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Addiction, Car accident, Grief, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Drug use, and Abandonment

macykey's review

emotional funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.25

I finished this book in a day. A DAY. The ending did feel a little rushed to me, but I loved Vanessa and Adrian’s dynamic. I’d also be a sucker for a man stepping into a father role for a baby that’s not his. While I do think that Adrian crossed a line with the third act breakup, I understood it. I understood both their perspectives. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Addiction

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Sexual content

hannahda's review

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Mental illness

Moderate: Terminal illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent

eligru's review

emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Addiction, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Infertility

what_karla_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Mental illness

Minor: Chronic illness

offtheraels's review

1.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abandonment, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, and Death

katharina90's review

lighthearted slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

1.5

A bit tedious to get through. A painfully slow pace and too many far fetched, unconvincing elements. Very cheesy. Reads like Fan Fiction. Several sentences start with "Aaaaand" [sic]. 

A baby is used as a prop and the way in which topics like addiction, mental illness and disability are handled feels off to me.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism and Cultural appropriation

cady_sass's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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 am SUING for emotional damage. You will be hearing from my lawyer, Abby. 
Also, marry me? Just kidding. Unless? 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Ableism, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Addiction, and Panic attacks/disorders

thelibraryoft's review

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, and Mental illness

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Rating: 4.5/5 stars 

All the women in Vanessa’s family have died before the age of thirty and she’s positive she will be next…but things get complicated when a baby falls in her lap and the attractive lawyer next door steps in to lend a hand.

This was by far my favorite installment of this series, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Vanessa and Adrian were amazing, I loved their chemistry and watching their relationship bloom from strangers to friends to lovers. I loved the complicated family dynamics and thought they added a lot of depth to the story, and I was really invested in the plot the entire time.

My one complaint is probably that this one didn’t feel like it wrapped up quite as neatly as the previous books, and I would have liked a big epilogue to tie off all the bows (particularly if it also checked in on the couples from books one and two!) But, in the context of this story and the messages/themes it offers, I also understand why it would leave things a tiny bit more open-ended.

All in all, I’m officially a Jimenez fan now, and can’t wait to jump into her standalones soon!

Recommended to anyone, but especially if you like: slow burn strangers-to-friends-to-lovers; geriatric chihuahuas; rom-coms with heavy topics

CW: Death of parent/loved ones; terminal illness; drugs/addiction; panic attacks

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Grief