Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

1155 reviews

chocokinoko's review against another edition

4.0

emotional 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

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent

jazhandz's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny 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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This is my first Abby Jimenez book and I liked it, mostly. I didn’t realize it was part of a series until

all the other main characters showed up and very clearly referenced the other books,

which I didn’t love, but for the most part it was fun. I liked the MMC a lot; I don’t read romance novels for characterization so he was a pleasant surprise.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Minor: Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent

Technically the word c**n appears but it is referring to the animal, raccoon. But it still raised my eyebrows when it came up.

mbloudoff's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful reflective fast-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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It was a fun book. And I KNOW romcoms aren’t supposed to make complete sense. But this was just a bridge too far. I’m not giving anything away to say that a huge mental health issue was overcome in less than half a year. It was so implausible that it kinda ruined the story for me. It’s an easy beach read for an afternoon.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury

ga_bby4's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny 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

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy

goodkermit's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful 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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This book had me staying up until 4 am to find out what would happen to Emma and Justin. Their romance had me kicking my feet in the air and rooting for them the whole time. Jimenez writes complex characters that feel so real and raw. I immediately put every other book by her on hold from the library upon finishing!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders

readinginfl's review against another edition

4.5

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

jessemae11's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse

cyang_06's review against another edition

4.0

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Gaslighting

madicastle's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment

_katbart_'s review against another edition

4.5

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: Yes

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The pacing of the book and the way it progressed was perfect, except the ending felt a bit rushed when they fast forwarded 6 months into the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment