Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

112 reviews

joohyoungg's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

.25 stars off because this book left my heart with too many unfillable cracks. i've read both yours truly & just for the summer by this author now and LOVE the character connections so much!! next goal is to read all abby's romcoms

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Vomit, and Child abuse

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

charlotte_37's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

Graphic: Abandonment, Mental illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, and Alcohol

readandfindout's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

4.25

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 5 stars
Characters: 4.5 stars
Plot: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content, Death, Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, Alcoholism, and Excrement

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

daenerystargaryen'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Medical content, Physical abuse, Cursing, Excrement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Dementia and Chronic illness

marissagero'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Medical content, Vomit, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Car accident

emkschneider's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

kassiejbanks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Alcoholism, and Grief

itsgnat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

karinreadsalot's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

This book is LIFE. I laughed, cried and winced a lot in this book. So so good… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

This book is really pretty. I like the way the male and female main characters are written and the plot of the story. I don’t know why it took me so long to make connections to the other two books, but when I did, everything made so much more sense. I loved the way the story circled back in on itself to make all the other books connect to this one. I felt a connection with Emma because mom-trauma and I understood her deep desire to fix her cracks. I don’t know how anyone picks a favorite from this series — they’re all so good in different ways. None of the stories are alike, and lots of romance authors have a set recipe they use for a book that makes them all similar, so I found that really refreshing. There was a little spice but again, not too much. I think all of Jimenez’s books have so many nuggets of wisdom and truth about love, family, and relationships. I can’t wait to read more of her work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Vomit, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Emotional abuse