Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

61 reviews

jjha's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Abandonment, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Grief

Minor: Medical content

blewballoon'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed Part of Your World, which is why I picked this one up from Book of the Month. Wow! This was great! I absolutely loved the chemistry between Justin and Emma, their conversations do such a good job of showing how compatible they are as people. It was so fun to see the connections and Easter eggs from Part of Your World, I'm sure I missed some from Yours Truly and I'll have to read that one as well. There are definitely some darker topics covered in this story, so I recommend checking the content warnings, but if you're a contemporary romance reader I think you'd probably enjoy this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Abandonment, and Vomit

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Child abuse, and Death of parent

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

4.5

Emma’s inner turmoil, reactions and approaches to a challenging, chaotic parental figure felt relatable to my experiences and well-done. I think the romance took a bit of a backseat to the focus on Emma’s growth but I didn’t mind that, although I would’ve liked to have gotten a bit more of Justin’s perspective on his own struggles. 

 

Overall, there was a lot of laughing, crying and healing. This is not a lighthearted romance and so be prepared and take care of yourself going into this, especially those with complex relationships with parents. 

 

This is my second book by Abby Jiminez and I enjoyed it a lot more than the first one I read by her (The Happily Ever After Playlist—I’m sorry I know this one is beloved 🙈). I know this is the third book in the Part of Your World Series, which I haven’t read and I didn’t feel lost reading this book in the slightest, although I did hear that there are some fun Easter Eggs in here for those who have read it. This is also a dual narration, which always amplifies an audiobook in my opinion, although I found each narrator’s performance a bit average. Nothing to write home about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Grief, Abandonment, and Child abuse

ellarustand's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring 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

5.0

Loved this book. Most realistic love story I’ve ever read. Felt like I was watching real life. The trauma and therapy and self healing is incredibly different to see in a book like this, but made me want to read it even more. Everyone should read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

samcanuel's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

Abby Jimenez never misses. This book warmed my heart, then ripped it out and stomped all over it, then put it back in a thousand times over. If you have mommy issues, make sure you think long and hard about whether you’re ready to think about them because this book will really give you something to think about. Emma and Justin had a sweet, simple bond that I think spoke to the message of the book. Something uncomplicated between them in their extremely complicated lives. At any rate, this book is an emotional rollercoaster, but Jimenez treats it with beautiful, tender care. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abandonment, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, and Grief

mackenzieabraham's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Abandonment, and Vomit

rdaacvhiesl's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

One of the best stories I've read in a long time. Every character felt fully developed and purposeful. Be ready to shed some tears though - especially if you have abandonment triggers or parent issues. If you do have either of those though, I almost encourage you even more to read this book all the way through; there's healing found in its pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical content, Vomit, and Mental illness

Minor: Gaslighting, Child abuse, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Domestic abuse

rmkg's review against another edition

I really liked this one. The world is getting so lived in, with so many familiar faces, and the two leading characters were lovable and fleshed out, with realistic strengths and problems. I was really rooting for them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Vomit, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent, Dementia, Medical content, and Grief

bringmybooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

✨Bring✨ | Borrow | Bypass

Thank you to Edelweiss, Forever, & Hachette Book Group for the opportunity to read and review this book before it's publication date! This in no way affected my review, opinions are my own.

Review: Abby Jimenez's books are just so. dang. FUN. I love how there are super serious topics presented in each of her novels, but that they are done in a way that lets you go through the tough things without feeling like you've been clobbered. This probably wasn't my favorite of the books, just because the logic/plot portion of it missed a bit for me (for the most part, I'm able to suspend disbelief for her plots, but this one felt a bit too far-fetched). That being said, I can definitely say that if you've liked her previous books, I would feel fairly confident recommending this one to you as well!
 

Overall Rating: ★★★★ / 4.13 
 
Rating each element of the book out of 5★ 
Characters ★★★★★ 
Atmosphere ★★★ 
Writing ★★★★ 
Plot ★★★ 
Intrigue ★★★★ 
Logic ★★★ 
Enjoyment ★★★★ 
Pacing ★★★★ 
Dialogue ★★★★ 

★ did not like / ★★ it was okay / ★★★ liked it / ★★★★ really liked it / ★★★★★ loved it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Child abuse, Grief, Cursing, Alcohol, Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

kerrinikole's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content, Child abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Car accident