Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez

80 reviews

lizrushby's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Chronic illness, Mental illness

torileila's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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: No

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This was so sweet and it painted a more realistic picture of dementia when it came to her family dynamic. I love that there was no miscommunication trope or that they never broke up because of her mom’s health condition. MMC was amazing and patient from start to finish and FMC was emotionally strong and grew into a huge pillar for her family. There was a plot twist closer to the end that I was not expecting to make me as emotional as it did. I don’t want to give it away though. I loved it. The only real critique that I have is that the word “contemplative” was really overused, the pacing was a tad slow in the middle, and I wish that Geneva had a little more character development, but that’s really it. Was a cute read. 

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Content Warnings

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

emmaatg's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Dementia, Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting

Minor: Physical abuse, Medical content

kimveach's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful 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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Once again, Abby Jimenez writes a contemporary romance novel deeper than just a romance.   One of the characters lives with a mom who has early-onset dementia.  Her descriptions of a family trying to handle the changing demands of a declining patient felt real.  Abby always writes her characters with a lot of compassion and thoughtfulness.  That's why I enjoy her books so much.  Like most romance novels, I get bored waiting for the couple to get together.  However, there is enough in the book outside the romance that I'm happy to keep reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

sebradley29's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

witcheep's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The story has so many sad elements from

incredibly hard long-distance to caring for a loved one with dementia

, but still it manages to be incredibly hopeful. The events are very spaced out, taking place over many months, to showcase the slow reality the characters live: there are no quick fixes or solutions to their situation, but they need to work their way for their end game.

The slow narration didn't let me get as attached to the main characters as I have gotten in previous books by Jimenez, even though I learned a lot about Sam and Xavier, and their feelings got through to me.

This is not my favourite book by Jimenez, but I'd nevertheless recommend reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Sexual content

killerkatastrophe's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny reflective sad 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia, Grief, Gaslighting

bookhoardernic's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Dementia, Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness

maris_reads's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Dementia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death

amytunnicliffe's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Dementia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse