Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

255 reviews

cheesy_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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

5.0

“He let me look into his soul. And the only thing in there was us.”

I will forever be kicking myself for letting this book sit on my shelf for a year and a half. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME!!!!!!!

I don’t even know where to start with how much I loved this. Jacob is holding hands with Bo Durand at the top of my book boyfriend list. He is so kind and gentle and precious and I can’t even describe how much I adore him. 

I absolutely loved Briana as well! She was hilarious and compassionate and so selfless when it came to Jacob. Watching them become tentative friends and then falling in love was just so friggin sweet!! 

And every side character was just absolutely perfect. I loved both of their families and their friends. This was just such a lovely story ❤️

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Pregnancy and Abandonment

emmak788's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Miscarriage, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit and Injury/Injury detail

adiloretto's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.5

“We’re all a little broken, Briana. 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.” 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

mellysay's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It was good. Read it really fast, quite short. I cried a bit at the end. An easy lighthearted romantic book with touch of despair and deep emotions.

Hated the main character a bit. If the guy had issues, he was at least aware of them and handled it. She did not treat him right. Bjg issues in this girl. I am also so tired of books involving a surprise pregnancy. Having children is not always everything and if you get so much panic over being pregnant that you instantly push away the love of your life that has never treated you badly maybe the time is not right to have a child. Why is it always with these American books that abortion is not a question? It had not been planted in the book that the MC really wished for a child so why was that so important, all of a sudden? Felt rushed and it was a song I’ve heard before. It also felt as the break point of the story, where they confessed their love for one another was a bit anticlimactic?

I have read better books but I liked it as a filler for my daily life. Not that deep and some romance to flee off into. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

alexlong's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.25

I truly LOVED this love story. There are a few parts where it goes all over the place and there are a few threads that seem to go nowhere, but overall, it was such a fun, deep, hopeful, lovely read. Different enough from Part of Your World while still connected and clearly the same tone. Would love more sequels following all these great characters! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

harleyglynn's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

wizardfire08's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Abandonment

krysttinne's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

Moderate: Infidelity and Miscarriage

Minor: Abandonment

stephygaf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

milesandmiles's review against another edition

3.75

Tldr: loved the first third, had real frustration with the ending

I really appreciated the sensitive and nuanced portrayal of anxiety and trauma in this book. The bad first impression felt realistic and wasn't overly drawn out.  The slow burn and emphasis on understanding and emotional safety nailed it for me. 

I wish the miscommunication hadn't been so prolonged or repeated. It felt out of character given the first third of the book. But

the resolution with the journal was very sweet.

The last plot twist of

the unplanned pregnancy

was unnecessary. The FMC's trauma from her divorce could have been handled without it and imo it and the associated back story pushed things into soap opera levels of drama. A plot element like that really should be in the content warning and it wasn't included in the author's note. 

Finally, it feels disingenuous to have an incredibly traumatic 

miscarriage and an unplanned pregnancy but with zero discussion about abortion. An ER Dr in MN is absolutely going to have referred folks for the procedure so to have zero mention of it anywhere in the book not only perpetuates stigma, but also it's wholly unrealistic even if it's not the way FMC wants to handle things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts