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Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez

115 reviews

theblackstepford's review against another edition

2.25

lighthearted slow-paced

Ok. So not my favorite A.J. book. I really didn’t like the FMC. There was way too much everything on her part. And am I to believe that two, almost 30 year olds can’t solve a simple problem? Together?
PLUS- nobody has a problem with the dad CHEATING? Like, we just glossing over that? Nah.
As always, I liked the animals. This time around, I can do without the people 🤷🏽‍♀️

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ebroeffle's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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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amandamaile's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Abby Jimenez never ceases to amaze me with her poignant romantic comedies. She is truly a master at creating a realistic and vivid world with relatable characters. The characters in this book truly tug at your heartstrings.

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atsy6's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I didn't think this would slap as hard as it did at the end. It was insta love and that really isn't my thing. But then the characters developed and developed and developed. I was surprised at about 20-30%, I was thinking, eh, maybe dnf it and then really started to work, and then I was invested, and I had to know how their story would end. Alzheimer's will always make me cry, and this definitely did it. The ending was incredibly moving and worth the hard, hard, hard journey to get there. I felt like everyone in the story broke about 3 mirrors each because how do they continue to have life beat them down every other moment? Some people had issues with the slang, I have teenagers, and these are characters in their 20s. It was fine, it was a contemporary setting. Not my favorite book by the author but it was good, it was moving, it was memorable. But it isn't a repeat read type of book.

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mariah_g's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective sad 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

The main reason that I couldn’t give this five stars is that I feel like Jimenez tried too hard to be relatable in this one. There’s something so cringy about hearing/reading about TikTok trends, SJM book characters (specifically how the MMC looks like Rhysand), and other internet lingo. It really got to be too much. Felt like a fanfic at a certain point, which there is nothing wrong with, but it wasn’t my cup of tea.

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rlbeck's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

Well, that just punched me in the heart. I loved so much about this—the very real depiction of disease, and the exhaustion and grief while someone is living, the fact that the miscommunication trope was only used lightly (same with enemies to lovers), and the discussion and acceptance of messy choices and lives. And I adore Xavier.

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