Reviews with content warning for Mental illness - Just for the Summer

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Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

1128 reviews

sierraullman's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny 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

This book was pretty good, the beginning was a little slow but other then that it was a good little romance meet cute!

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jazzyreadzz's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think it’s important to note that this author is not Latine and made some questionable choices by including Mexican characters. While I support and appreciate inclusion, these characters felt disingenuous and pandering to me.

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suzecluez's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Very emotional read- made me well up and made me smile. There are some funny parts, but definitely heavy parts (abandonment/neglectful parent). I'd recommend reading at least Part of Your World before reading this one.

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hopearianna's review against another edition

3.5

I’m kinda sad I didn’t feel very connected to the characters for most of the story. They felt very generic and more so defined by the things happening or that have happened to them rather than their personalities. However, once I sat down and finished, I did get invested in the last 25% and felt like both of them really grew into their own, functional selves as individuals. One of my issues for most of the book was it seemed like there was nothing about Justin other than his feelings for Emma. Like everything in his life had to go through a lens where she was considered, which felt more damaging to his character setup than romantic. It’s been a while since I read the first book, so the plot twist really stunned me. And I’m a sucker for all the people coming together at the end.

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patriciarodriguez's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful 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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bb02's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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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emnunn's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Read for book club and loved loved loved! It was a mix of hope and heartbreak but handled hard topics with grace. In a way felt very relatable and I never wanted to put it down.

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