Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

803 reviews

shamaramill's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

dogkucks's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment

bibliomania_express's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Death of parent

learnthemusic27's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-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

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My favorite of Abby’s of the four I’ve read. Wish I’d done the sensible thing and read in order! This was another moving story with some deftly handled dark topics. Emma’s trauma is  deeply ingrained and she doesn’t fully understand it but she is able to take control of it when she finally opens herself up, albeit at great cost. Justin has demons of his own, which he learns to tame with Emma’s mantra “always choose empathy over anger.” It’s what allows him to move past his disappointment and ultimately toward his HEA. I was on edge almost the entire book waiting to learn how the issue with Amber would resolve itself, and I’m so impressed by how it did. I’m glad it wasn’t tidy and that Emma got closure. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment

loryannmeredith's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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In love

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Grief, Car accident

hjb_128's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

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

sjvh's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny hopeful informative 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness

dlkirchin's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Abandonment

katzenfrau18's review against another edition

2.0

funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I respect that lots of people loved this, but it was not my cup of tea. I found little investment in the characters & their story, until the last quarter of the story. It was long and drawn out for me, and could have done without approximately 100 pages to deepen my engagement. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Child abuse is in form of severe neglect

thissarahgray's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol