Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

1143 reviews

aschers's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is so much more than a romance. It’s actually much more a story about healing from trauma and what that trauma does to relationships. This book was so emotionally charged and sad but also hopeful and healing. The romance was so special 🥹

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness

papayastar's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child death, Vomit

malinhalia's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jaiquin529's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

alicacila's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse

sarahefeen's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent

maecave15's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-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

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Wow! This book made me laugh, broke me down, built me back up, and had me sobbing happy tears at the end. 
I did not expect to love this book as much as I did because I don't often read romance novels and I only read this one because it was my book club. I finished this book in 5 days, which isn't common for me. I was about 2/3 of the way through this book when I decided to sit on the front porch, enjoy the sunshine, and read.  I found that I couldn't stop reading and I finished it within an hour and just had so many emotions, both happy and sad.  

This story has great humor and chemistry between the love interests. The dialogue and dates and just everything feels so organic and down to earth. I love the intricacies of their lives separate of each other, and how they had to reconcile it with what they wanted/expected out of life. 

I really find no faults in this book and it will forever have a home on my shelves. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical content, Abandonment

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

letyukicook's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Abandonment

Minor: Mental illness

jenna_gehman's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective fast-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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”The love stories sold us the wrong thing.

The best kind of love doesn't happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life.
It's not grand gestures that show how you feel, it's all the little secret things you do to make her life better that you never tell her about. Taking the end piece of the bread at breakfast so she can have the last middle piece for her sandwich when you pack her lunch. Making sure her car always has gas so she never has to stop at the pump. Telling her you're not cold and to take your jacket when you are in fact, very, very cold. It's watching TV on a rainy Sunday while you're doing laundry and turning her light off when she's fallen asleep reading. Sharing pizza crusts and laughing about something the kids did and taking care of each other when you're sick. 

It isn't glamorous, it isn't all butterflies and stars in your eyes. It's real.”

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Abandonment

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent

evawondergem's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Abandonment