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A review by estelleidekreads
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
4.5
i have too many feelings for a proper review so here are some bullet points:
- as someone with CPTSD i loved the rep
- i did not except to cry sm at a romance book holy shit
- justin is the loml like the surveys are you kidding me?! i would fall in love so damn quick
- love the whole “love is in the mundane” bc !!!! YES!!!! as much as i love reading / watching the big gestures, for a love story to really hit i need those every day comfortable familiarity vibes yk?
- chelsea is the sweetest angel pie i fully melted
- i need a maddy in my life. either as a wife or a bestie idc but gimme gimme gimme
- THE E-VITES!!!!!
- as a 28 yo this made me feel very un-adult which i didn’t particularly enjoy like HOW DO THEY HAVE THEIR SHIT TOGETHER LIKE THAT?! absolutely cannot relate. like yes obs emma has buckets of unresolved trauma but she has a good career and a loving bestie and she’s able to look after herself pretty decently (yes I KNOW i shouldn’t compare myself to able-bodied people blah blah blah shhhh)
- SPEAKING OF TRAUMA i don’t think the 6 months was enough. like yes emdr is amazing and you can make fantastic progress in 6 months but from my experience and that of ppl i know it takes longer than that esp if she’s going to help him raise kids!!!!! (v aware that it’s all anecdotal evidence on my end but again, SHHHH)
- loved the convo emma & justin have about grief and PPD etc, thought that was handled well
- i will never not love the “looking after the other person when they’re sick” trope (although nothing will beat you and me on vacation for that)
TL;DR: i have many feels, my bar has been raised impossibly high, i feel inadequate as an adult, i’m always a sucker for hurt/comfort, i would give anything to have a maddy
- as someone with CPTSD i loved the rep
- i did not except to cry sm at a romance book holy shit
- justin is the loml like the surveys are you kidding me?! i would fall in love so damn quick
- love the whole “love is in the mundane” bc !!!! YES!!!! as much as i love reading / watching the big gestures, for a love story to really hit i need those every day comfortable familiarity vibes yk?
- chelsea is the sweetest angel pie i fully melted
- i need a maddy in my life. either as a wife or a bestie idc but gimme gimme gimme
- THE E-VITES!!!!!
- as a 28 yo this made me feel very un-adult which i didn’t particularly enjoy like HOW DO THEY HAVE THEIR SHIT TOGETHER LIKE THAT?! absolutely cannot relate. like yes obs emma has buckets of unresolved trauma but she has a good career and a loving bestie and she’s able to look after herself pretty decently (yes I KNOW i shouldn’t compare myself to able-bodied people blah blah blah shhhh)
- SPEAKING OF TRAUMA i don’t think the 6 months was enough. like yes emdr is amazing and you can make fantastic progress in 6 months but from my experience and that of ppl i know it takes longer than that esp if she’s going to help him raise kids!!!!! (v aware that it’s all anecdotal evidence on my end but again, SHHHH)
- loved the convo emma & justin have about grief and PPD etc, thought that was handled well
- i will never not love the “looking after the other person when they’re sick” trope (although nothing will beat you and me on vacation for that)
TL;DR: i have many feels, my bar has been raised impossibly high, i feel inadequate as an adult, i’m always a sucker for hurt/comfort, i would give anything to have a maddy