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Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez

190 reviews

deluna's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

pugluver11's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This book had me locked in from the first page. Abby Jimenez has a talent for creating love stories that feel real. The dialogue was hilarious and the characters vibrant. There were so many scenes that had me smiling from ear to ear. Also, as Minnesota girl, the references to my state were a lovely surprise. It was beautiful to see how love can change a person. Even the side characters felt fleshed out. I'm waiting for Netflix to pick this up! Abby Jimenez is becoming an auto buy author for me. 

Tropes:
- Neighbors to Lovers
- Dysfunctional Family
- Single Mom

Spice: 3/5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

lillieeereads's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Addiction

toriholzwarth44's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

2.5

Dealt with a lot of heavy topics that seemed to get fixed relatively easily. There was a little too much and not enough going on for me. Loved having a baby be a part of the story though, and the character banter is top tier as always. Just didn't feel connected to this trilogy's characters and I don't know why

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Minor: Abandonment

erinmassey23's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Pregnancy

jlg1's review

emotional lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Vomit, and Medical content

Moderate: Addiction

clairebartholomew549's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

I bawled through this book. It might have been because I was on a plane (I read once that we're more likely to cry on planes - something about feeling detached from our normal lives and feeling kind of private and thoughtful) and because I was on the tail end of my period (lol that I treat Goodreads like my diary, oops), but every Abby book hits me hard. Abby always handles delicate subject matter with such deftness and compassion, and the way characters handle grief and dread and fear always feels grounded in reality and complicated in the way it would actually play out in life. I was initially wary of the way the characters were talking about pregnancy and addiction, but as usual Abby came through with her trademark empathy and introspection and made me feel so deeply for everyone involved. This book really got to me with its depictions of how families can always heal and figure out how to be there for each other, no matter how bad it's been for years and generations, and of how no day is guaranteed. I was obsessed with both Vanessa and Adrian and was really rooting for both of them, and the ending truly gave me chills. This was one of my favorites of Abby's for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent

whitneyonline's review against another edition

relaxing 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

3.5

not bad at all, just not very memorable

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

marisabenn's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

Another one knocked outta the park by Abby Jimenez 💕

This could have been a 5 star read, but a miscommunication trope will always be a deduction from me. 

I LOVED how this wasn't necessarily insta-love. We saw two strangers become friends before lovers, and that's everything to me. 

I actually learned a lot about ALS from this book. It definitely made me think about how I live each day and see the world. And I got some laughs out of it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, and Death of parent

fieldofsummer's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

5.0

If you already love her books you’ll love this one, if you don’t love her books but love uplifting stories with witty characters, a friends to lovers romance with independent character growth  and a touch of family struggles written as if the author as personally lived through these struggles, this book of for you. Vanessa is a strong woman who knows her limits and faults and Adrian is a man who knows he needs to work on things and has some of the best written boundaries and respect for women I’ve ever seen in a book. And if your worried about the fostering element like I was, just take the leap you won’t regret it. 
But, as always with her books she covers real life issues so please check the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident