Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez

45 reviews

jktierney's review against another edition

reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

sistatv's review

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad slow-paced

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

4.25

Abby Jimenez writes excellent book boyfriends. Like A 1, perfect fucking book boyfriends. I loved this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

teajunki's review against another edition

challenging hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

juanat77's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

readingwithmeredith'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

4.5

Characters: 4

Connection to the book/Enjoyment: 3

Setting: 3

Plot/Overall Story: 4

Writing: 4

Every point= 0.25 stars, max per category 4 points

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor side character with alternative lifestyle, maybe 3 pages total of open door

mels_reading_log's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

She’s a vacation blogger showing the world her life with possible ALS whose drug addict sister just dropped off her newborn and disappeared. Of course the super hot, rich, lawyer that lives next door wants to hold the baby to her at 4 am so she can shower. Like, that’s totally something that happens in real life. But there he was helping and that’s what started an epic friendship, and maybe a little something more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident

amateur_bookworm's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Genre: Contemporary romance, fiction

My summary: Vanessa is a popular travel YouTuber and has found herself unexpectedly thrust into motherhood when she has to step in and take  her half-sister’s newborn daughter, Grace. When Grace’s wailing brings Vanessa’s next door neighbor over—at 4am—Adrian and Vanessa are immediately drawn to each other. Adrian, a successful criminal defense attorney, soon finds himself spending less time at the office because he wants to be with Vanessa and Grace. But Vanessa’s days are numbered, as an aggressive genetic disorder has killed every female in her family before the age of 30. Adrian and Vanessa soon find that love is hard, especially with a clock ticking. 

My thoughts: This one was a little tough to get through. Actually, almost this entire series was tough to get through. This book was funny, as in, I actually laughed a real laugh several times. Vanessa’s personality sparkled on the page and I enjoyed the unfolding of them falling in love with each other. But, it was also heartbreaking and a downer. I wasn’t even a third of the way through the book yet, and was absolutely terrified that Abby Jimenez was going to thoroughly wreck me before it was over. I didn’t shed as many tears as I thought I might, but it was sad at times. I appreciate this series and Abby taking on some tough real-life themes in the first and third book that I thought she handled well. But I also read as an escape and this sure did not leave me with warm and fuzzy feelings. I think this is a great series, but I caution that it is not as light-hearted as I expected a witty romance series to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual content and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Pregnancy

lisettemarie's review

emotional funny reflective

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment

goodboibeefs's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Terminal illness

Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

xomandymoo's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective slow-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

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment