Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

27 reviews

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

aileron'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Suicide, and Vomit

jwag2016's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-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

Beautiful. Just beautiful. I truly am left speechless at the graceful way mental health and physical health are portrayed in this book. It’s real, raw and relatable. It was fluid, well written and a developed story. And a rare five star read on my bookshelf. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Infidelity and Toxic relationship

Minor: Miscarriage and Suicide

kproc381's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

-As someone who has deeply struggled with anxiety my entire life, I felt so seen by this book. To be loved is to be understood. This books truly felt like a love letter (no pun intended but if you know you know) 
- I liked that things weren’t just perfect the second they got together because that’s just not realistic. This aspect made their love story feel more real 
- This book made me laugh but boy did I also cry. 
- I did start to feel frustrated when they wouldn’t just communicate their feelings. Obviously this is the miscommunication trope but at one point I was like jeez this could all be solved with a single sentence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Suicide

sfsonja's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Miscarriage and Suicide

moonylovesstars's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

Why couldn’t I have read this sooner. I don’t know how I lived without Jacob and Briana

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

helloitsjonesie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide, Vomit, and Medical content

daenerystargaryen's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

everythinginbetween's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Mental illness and Suicide

alexasolis98's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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

4.25

Abby Jimenez really knows how to write a romance. You get to read about characters heal from their trauma and find they happily ever afters. Their healing journey is real and beautiful. Briana and Jacob were a wonderful couple. It was nice to read about big loving families.
Only itty bitty issue I had was that it was a bit repetitive and thus made the book a little long.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide, Vomit, and Toxic friendship