Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

66 reviews

crystalleighwrites's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Minor: Car accident

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

atamano's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Grief, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Death of parent, Vomit, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Car accident, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

mybestfriendsarefictional's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Grief, Excrement, and Medical content

mrsd2008's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, and Toxic relationship

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny relaxing 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

3.5

like all of abby jimenez’s books, this was an enjoyable summer read with some serious life undertones. however, in this book the character’s didn’t have a ton of chemistry imo, they just felt like really good friends. but i really liked the plot and how the characters from previous books made an appearance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child abuse, Medical content, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

mdwsn27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Vomit, Abandonment, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

zalouis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Medical content, Sexual content, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Car accident

kotahlotah's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

The conflict in this book felt so real and grounded. I really believed that the obstacles facing them could actually keep two people apart, which is pretty rare to find in a romance. I loved the care and thoughtfulness the author handled mental health and how difficult it is to heal from trauma. Abby Jimenez, you have a new fan!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, Medical content, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Child abuse, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

zanazy's review

emotional funny lighthearted tense 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? Yes

3.0

Just For the Summer is a romance story that layers in an aspect of past childhood trauma and real-life problems that make it more than a beach read and a cute story. I found the story pace to be fast, in terms of the romance aspects, but the underlying, individual storylines that both the female and male characters go through moved slower, in a more realistic way. I'll go into more detail on the story and characters next, with small spoilers ahead. 

The main relationship between Emma, a traveling nurse, and Justin, a software engineer is sparked by a DM sent by Emma after an AITA post that Justin makes. In his post, Justin explains his dating curse, similar to the movie Good Luck Chuck, where every girl he dates, goes on to find their soulmate after they break up. Coincidentally, Emma DMs him because she has the same curse. After a few flirty DMs and mentions of a funny, plumbing billboard, Emma makes an out-of-character decision to change her next traveling assignment from Hawaii to Minnesota so she and Justin can "date" and break each other's curse by canceling them out.

You obviously know where this will end, so romantically, there were no big surprises. 

 

Aside from the relationship between Emma and Justin, the best friend/sister relationship between Emma and Maddie is a large driver of several key events and character developments for Emma.  Emma is Maddie's foster sister and Maddie has seen Emma at her worst, more often than she should have. Most of the worst times usually involve Emma's biological mother - Amber. Emma has major unresolved childhood trauma from frequent abandonment by her mother that has never had a chance to heal. However, Emma is good and she chooses to see the best in her mom. This eventually 

ends poorly when Emma discovers her mother lied to her and kept her from having a chance to be happy with her family, including a brother and grandparents.

 

Justin has issues of his own. Shortly before meeting Emma, his mother is sentenced to jail, leaving Justin to take care of his younger siblings and become their guardian. He goes through a lot in this story and the character development he undergoes is almost as big as what Emma goes through. 

Because of their underlying issues, Justin and Emma's story is relatable. It can get difficult to read at times as there are several moments where their mental health is not in a good spot, especially Emma's, but it's part of who they are, and I enjoyed the insight into the minds of their characters. 

This is the first book by Abby that I have read, and I enjoyed it. When I finished the story, I learned that two supporting characters and one character who makes a brief appearance in this book were first mentioned in Part of Your World, so I intend to read that book too, but as of writing this, I don't think it took anything away from my experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Addiction, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content