Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

423 reviews

lel524's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment

Minor: Miscarriage

tinysierra's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The letters at the beginning were so cute! I loved watching Briana and Jacob’s relationship develop. I’m quickly becoming an Abby Jimenez fan. I love how she writes such complex and fun characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Abandonment

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Medical content, and Pregnancy

hakins259's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit

thychronicreader's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pregnancy

justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition

3.5

 “We’re all a little broken. We are a mosaic. We’re made up of all those we’ve met and all the things we’ve been through. There are parts of us that are colorful and dark and jagged and beautiful. And I love every piece of you. Even the ones you wish didn’t exist.”

I really thought that this would end up being better than Part of Your World, based on the first 50%. Alas, that was not the case here. I really appreciate the personal touch that this book had, and the author's note that went with it. I really liked the main characters, Jacob and Briana. The struggles that they dealt with felt very realistic: the anxiety representation and the struggles that people feel when dealing with a chronic illness was portrayed very well. These elements of the book, along with the letter writing and the relationship development, were some of the reasons that I was expecting this book to be better. 

Now, onto what I didn't like...

Because of the dual POV, we clearly knew that the two characters liked each other. There was so much miscommunication in this book (it dragged on a little too long for my liking), and it all could have been resolved so easily. They could have talked it out much sooner than they actually did. Jacob literally asked her out! And he got rejected because of a misunderstanding that Briana had when she saw him earlier!  They literally moved in together; she heard so many people saying that they were in love and once all of this got resolved, she conjured up another stupid third act conflict days before his kidney transplant! It made me mad - because I knew it was gonna be resolved within the next 30 or so pages anyways. I also thought the letters would have a bigger role to play in the story as well, but that kind of fizzled out about halfway through, and then made a sort of reappearance at the end when she read his journal.

Overall, this book had a cute first half, and a disappointing second half, which made the rating of this book lower than Part of Your World.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Medical content

Moderate: Infidelity and Toxic relationship

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide, and Pregnancy

baylaurels's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

keelirae113's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Cursing, and Gaslighting

themollylorian's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Medical content, and Abandonment

teeok's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

whitneyonline's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted relaxing 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

4.0

Very cute. These characters feel like real people and not just annoying caricatures, and the third act conflict was very believable and didn't piss me off because it was rooted in an insecurity and wound that is very real and understandable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Mental illness

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy