Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

7 reviews

sreilly1's review

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Forced institutionalization

samcanuel's review

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

4.0

Abby Jimenez never misses. This book warmed my heart, then ripped it out and stomped all over it, then put it back in a thousand times over. If you have mommy issues, make sure you think long and hard about whether you’re ready to think about them because this book will really give you something to think about. Emma and Justin had a sweet, simple bond that I think spoke to the message of the book. Something uncomplicated between them in their extremely complicated lives. At any rate, this book is an emotional rollercoaster, but Jimenez treats it with beautiful, tender care. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abandonment, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, and Grief

rdaacvhiesl's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

One of the best stories I've read in a long time. Every character felt fully developed and purposeful. Be ready to shed some tears though - especially if you have abandonment triggers or parent issues. If you do have either of those though, I almost encourage you even more to read this book all the way through; there's healing found in its pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical content, Vomit, and Mental illness

Minor: Gaslighting, Child abuse, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Domestic abuse

marioosa517's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, Cursing, and Abandonment

Moderate: Excrement, Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexual content, Grief, Alcoholism, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Racism, Dementia, and Fire/Fire injury

mdwsn27's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Vomit, Abandonment, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

tigerkind's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

If you’re into boring, predictable books with idiotic asshole characters and think that the only way to be happy is to get married with kids, this is the one for you. 

Also I hate the inane phrasemongering in these books.  „Love shows up.“ „Love is meeting someone where they are.“ idk how about some original writing?

Only reason this is getting stars at all is because it has a semblance of structure and the characters don’t all blend together (only because their only personality are the issues they have.) 

tl;dr this pissed me off. Cover is great though. 

edit: took another 0.5 because the premise is so fun but it’s more or less abandoned in the first 100 pages

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Vomit, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Excrement, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Addiction, Dementia, Grief, Medical content, and Sexual content

agrandromance's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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