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Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

185 reviews

prncjasmine's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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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Two people going through extreme life changes who are perfect for each other at the worst time.

I enjoyed trying to figure out if and when their moment would happen properly!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment

jjohnston_05's review against another edition

4.0

emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Abandonment

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent

shaipanda's review against another edition

4.5

dark 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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At first I really wasn’t convinced by this couple or this book and was mostly reading for the messiness that I knew was inevitable

specifically the messiness of Emma realizing she has a brother

but the growth of these characters was really beautiful to see especially in the last 30 or 40%. That really turned the book around for me and made this feel like an earned romance that I really believed in and was rooting for 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury

madscientistcat's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abandonment

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

juliacathc's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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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Great audiobook recording 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Car accident

Additional content warnings - Incarcerated Parent

kathieex3's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Car accident

katbsc's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark funny hopeful reflective tense 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, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

averysbookclub's review against another edition

3.5

emotional lighthearted sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really don’t know how I feel about this book. I really like the idea of it and the basic plot outline is really interesting, but the way it is written annoys me. I just don’t like the way everything plays out and most of it was honestly pretty boring. Maybe that’s the point though? That they’re just boring people and boring people can have nice love stories too, but boring people living boring lives makes for a boring book.

Anyway, that is me being hateful. It is actually a sweet story and I really did enjoy the heavier issues, I thought they were fairly well written.

I may also just be a hater of contemporary romance, because I hate reading and seeing things like “AITA” and “unalive” and “snap”. It just ruins it for me.

Also they were way too in love way too fast. Justin was lowkey insane for all of that. And despite the fact that he contains the qualities that could make him a great book bf, I kind of hated him. I felt like he was pretty selfish towards Emma the whole book. He kept saying “meet me where I am” all because he wanted a girl he knew for a few weeks to give up her entire life to raise his siblings with him in Minnesota? And the way he spoke about her getting help in his last chapter really felt like he hated her. Like she had gone through such hell and he spent six months moping about how she should’ve stayed with him?? No, actually she shouldn’t have, she couldn’t have healed her trauma and PTSD while maintaining  a healthy relationship for the first time and raising three children. He just really angered me.

Pretty negative review, but it actually isn’t a bad book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent

marabeeee's review against another edition

5.0

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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A fun, fast read. The dueling perspectives were fun to piece together. I loved the theme of friendship so strongly woven throughout the story. Really enjoyed this and looking forward to other reads by Abby Jimenez. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment

robin_reads's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny 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: Complicated

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Genuinely loved this from start to finish. No notes, only tears and happiness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Fire/Fire injury