Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

1155 reviews

teresafranz's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny lighthearted 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: Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent

bec8310's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful sad 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: Addiction, Child abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol

maditaytayy's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

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

juperson's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

daniekvdn's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Medical content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol

strauberry's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional funny lighthearted 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

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Really enjoyed this! I would say it’s a higher tier romance book for me. About halfway through it started to lose steam for me because the plot focuses on Emma and her mom. It’s very realistic and I think an excellent portrayal of the situation, just not exactly what I wanted from my story but I still really enjoyed this and will be recommending to folks!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Grief

graciesimons18's review against another edition

4.5

challenging 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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I genuinely enjoyed this book! It’s filled with friendship, childhood trauma, and romance. It dives into what going into a relationship with an unresolved traumatic past encompasses and how that can tarnish the things you love. This book leans heavily into mental illness and how we need to first take care of ourselves before we can take care of others. When we don’t it can  not only affect yourself, but also your children and those around you. 

I would not call this a lighthearted read, but it was a beautiful story. Abby handles mental illness respectfully and appropriately. She included all that I would have wanted and handled intense emotional trauma really well. I would recommend and definitely plan to read the rest of her books! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic relationship

jordante7's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

thecourtofnovels's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring 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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Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

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Insta-love done RIGHT!!! 

Usually that is hands down my least favorite trope but Justin and Emma have so many challenges to overcome and SO much yearning despite the romance being immediate. I was so so impressed with the way Abby kept me so invested despite the two of them falling in love basically at first sight. 

I dearly loved ✨Justin✨ who I am ranking up there with the best of romance book boyfriends like Gus Everett and Iwan. He is so refreshingly self aware and open to change! Loved him!!

I will say my favorite thing about this book was our MFC Emma and her journey to healing after a very traumatic childhood in the foster care system and time with her (awful) mother. My heart ached for her the WHOLE book and then just when I thought she couldn’t be a more sympathetic character, somehow her world imploded even further. I lovedddd that her healing journey did NOT rely on the romance, that she got real help and spent real time on herself. I hate when everything is fixed with a kiss and a hug, when that is not real. 

Justin and Emma felt real!! 👏👏

I was so excited to read this book that I definitely didn’t realize that it was third in a series 🫠 But that’s okay! Intertwined standalone is how I would describe it and I don’t think I really missed out on anything without that prior knowledge! I definitely plan on going back to read the first two books!!

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Content Warnings

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

jassari's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Medical content