Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez

110 reviews

magnoliophyta's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Addiction

Moderate: Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent and Car accident

karolinaz's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Addiction, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Car accident, Sexual content, Medical content, Addiction, Drug abuse, Stalking, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

jackie_recommends's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Infertility

et3rnali33's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

“He pulled away to look at me. “Let’s make this the best time of our lives. Live every day like it’s your last”
I sniffed. “And when one of them is my last?”
“You’re my soul mate. I’ll find you in the next life. Like i found you in this one.”
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ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? Just that quote in itself should pull you in and think punch my momma in the throat and bite me because when is it my turn!!!
No but really I cannot begin to express how much I loved this book. First Vanessa was fucking hilarious and so inspiring. Adrian was your serious, hard worker till he dies, and loving character. Its giving grumpy x sunshine vibes. 
I annotated the fuck out of this book with so many inspiring quotes & so many romantic instances that made me punch the wall and scream. This was a slow burn read in regards to romance and having duo POV and capturing the moments they fell in love with one another yet are both afraid to fall in love together, just MUAH.
Literally please read it that’s all I will say. You will love the characters and love their journey together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

anovelglimpse's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I loved the narration on this audiobook. So good. I also loved this story. It was sweet, fun, emotional, sad at times, cute. So many different things. The epilogue was almost too good to be true based on the ALS worries that were woven throughout the story.

CW: ALS, drug addiction, mental illness 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

laheath's review against another edition

emotional 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

For a genre I don't read very often, this was hard to put down and I'll definitely be reading more from this author. I've heard this Friend Zone series can be read as stand-alone novels, so I'm hoping that's right. I thoroughly enjoyed the story of Adrian and Vanessa. Some reviewers have mentioned that it's too syrupy sweet for them, but I felt there was enough real life in this to balance both characters often reflecting on their feelings. They're both successful in their careers, and dealing with dysfunctional families, while Vanessa may be facing a diagnosis of ALS. Their relationship has its hurdles, somewhat predictably, but that and the side characters all make for a great, emotional story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Car accident, Dementia, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

aliyahreads00000's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted slow-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

Spoiler!!!

So the whole book she was gonna die and then she just didn’t?? I loved it though and the characters are amazing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Addiction, Abandonment, Car accident, Drug abuse, Grief, and Terminal illness

kellydarla's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Medical content, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Excrement, Grief, and Addiction

Minor: Pregnancy and Vomit

caseyrich's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-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: Drug abuse, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

gotta_read_em_all's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

 

Started and Finished in one day and it was such a good story!  I laughed and cried and felt all the feels.  I've seen ALS up close so the characters really hit home for me. Even with the layer of harsh reality I felt the good times.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Death

Minor: Abandonment