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Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez

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jlg1's review

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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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clairebartholomew549's review against another edition

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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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eeamiller's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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marisabenn's review against another edition

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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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fieldofsummer's review against another edition

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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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suzelarson's review

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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karenmsecrest's review

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emotional fast-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

4.0

The perfect book for people who think they don't like romance, but actually enjoy a story with emotional character journeys.

Classic Abby Jimenez contemporary romance about characters who have baggage from past trauma, are successful in spite of the chaos, bring out the best in each other ,and live happily ever after. In other words... this is the kind of story Colleen Hoover wishes she could write.

I loved:

Main characters with messy/traumatic families who maintain relationships with their families without letting the mess define who they are individually.
Two successful professional main characters rather than the more common trope of one successful person and one mess.

I'm conflicted because this book is not my favorite (I don't like stories with so much emotion), but it was well written. So... 4 stars as a book, 3 stars for my preferences.

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