Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez

96 reviews

ekern1991's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Death, Dementia

krabby99's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual content, Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

callmandy's review against another edition

5.0

emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Dementia

dani_plant's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent

reward82's review against another edition

3.25

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Although I read this pretty quickly, I felt disappointed at the story as a whole. The absolute obsession of Samantha and Xavier from first sight was too insta love for me. The lengths they went to for someone they went on one date with was unrealistic. Plus, I kept getting pulled out of the story with the pop culture references and slang.

I also hated the way the family was portrayed in such a one dimensional and somehow okay with the dad cheating on their mom?!

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness

carlynnnnne's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

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Abby Jiminez never disappoints. This book was truly lovely. One of the main critiques I’ve heard of this book is that it’s “depressing” or “too sad for a romance” but I think this book perfectly portrayed how that’s just how life can be sometimes ya know? This book was just a snip of a season of Samantha’s life and that season was HARD. When it rains it pours. It’s a beautiful depiction of how real that is. I also think that one of the marks of growth in writing is navigating the world of transitioning from majorly spice heavy books to closed door romance where it was very apparent that the characters had love and lust for each other. Abby did that beautifully in this story. 

My one qualm is the mentioning of Rhysand lol that really won’t age well….

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent

bridget_sheppard's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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There’s just something about an Abby Jimenez book! I loved this book so much and never wanted to put it down. Xavier and Samantha are definitely put through the wringer in terms of their separate lives and their relationship, but you know Abby is always going to give a HEA! I highly recommend this one!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse

sfroulston's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

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This book absolutely wrecked me. I had tears for most of it but at the same time loved the characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Dementia, Death of parent

author2223's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Dementia

Moderate: Animal death, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent

ladybug12793's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional funny relaxing 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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As a daughter of veterinarians and a granddaughter of two grandparents with dementia, this hit home hard. If you are a caregiver, especially for a loved one with dementia, then this book may be very triggering for you. That being said, I really enjoyed the love story. It was sweet and did not have my least favorite trope (miscommunication trope). The resolution wasn’t very realistic, but hey, it’s a book and I still enjoyed it. Overall, a decent and very sweet read. <strong> If you are looking for drama, this is not it. </strong>

1 🌶️ 

TW: dementia, family caregiving, past child abuse/gaslighting 


* please disregard grammatical errors due to voice texting. Thanks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Dementia

Moderate: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Gaslighting