Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

130 reviews

kristiesbooknook's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Minor: Addiction and Alcohol

serene216's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Grief

Moderate: Violence

macykey's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

This book was hella cute and I definitely was getting emotional at the end. But some of the stuff in the middle was TOO dramatic for me. I don’t know if that was on purpose because of the ‘world’ that it inhabits, you know, Hollywood and such. But it just felt a little too dramatic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Self harm

laurensalisbury's review against another edition

1.0

The internalized misogyny in the Jimenez books I've read have officially put me off any of her stuff now. The fact that she cannot write any side female characters that aren't referred to as "crazy" or "bitches" is too much to be forced to slog through. The Lola character and the way every other character talks about her made me cringe at first and then just finally pissed me off. The fact that she was compared to Lohan who we know now was exploited just makes it even more clear that Jimenez has some stuff to work through when it comes to women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Alcohol

meganrae047's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Car accident

Minor: Drug abuse and Pregnancy

mbichaela's review against another edition

slow-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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i was slightly afraid of author’s  earlier works but this one was great! it was such a fun to read. and the connection development was immaculate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Self harm

jacquy's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death

Minor: Drug abuse

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.

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Stalking

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

danielletepool's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Minor: Pregnancy