Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Happily Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

23 reviews

tidoublegarrr's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-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

3.0

I enjoyed this one more than the first book; Sloan is practical and her story sympathetic. The romance was enjoyable plus a cute dog! Abby Jimenez’ writing pulls me in more during the rom-com first half where it’s more fun. The second half of the books I haven’t been into. There are fast-changing, dramatic plot points that are undone in a following paragraph suddenly. But still, this was a fun beach read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Grief

kingsnail's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

This broke me and I spent the last hour of the audiobook with tears streaming down my face. 
Would recommend. 

Rock star and a widow— on tour together and lots of misunderstandings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Car accident, and Pregnancy

elexusluvs's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

5.0

Please listen to all the corresponding songs provided throughout the book, too! Fantastic 🙌🏽

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Car accident

amybartoli29's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use

caties_books's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is the best book I've read in a long time 😍😍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lawoodworth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

ang3lina_'s review against another edition

emotional funny tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Self harm

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual harassment

hereiskyra's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Infidelity

notsobinaryart's review

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Vomit, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity

The first half of this book made my heart so full and happy. The love present, the hope, how they met and fell in love, was all so special. What deducted most of the points for me began in the second half to last third of the book after a time jump. It got depressing, and after speed reading through the first half, it took a lot of work to finish this book. Spoilers ahead for what went wrong.

As many people can agree, I hate most third act breakups, especially if they’re solely added to creat conflict. In this case, the third act breakup was the result of the love interest, Jason/Jackson, doing what he thought was the best for the main character female character, Sloane. I cannot stand when someone makes a major decision like that for someone else, and ESPECIALLY how he majorly broke her heart right after she was learning to trust and love again. The hurt he caused was completely unacceptable for no good reason.

Jason also seemed all too perfect until this point. We don’t see any major character flaws in him, which made him seem a bit too unbelievable. Overall, the first half was a very fun read, but brace yourself for a rough second half. If you are not prepared for a book that is heavily surrounded by grief, now would not be a good time to pick up this book.

thaliareads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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

5.0

I really appreciated that this book didn't make Sloan and Jason's budding relationship easy. They were coming from very different situations, points in life, and circumstances. It was nice to see their bond grow and develop as they faced different milestones in their relationship - and I think it was appropriate to see that it wasn't always easy and required a lot of compromise on both sides. Overall this book was full of lots of entertaining twists and turns. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Car accident, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Violence, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Sloan's fiancé had died prior to the book in a motorcycle accident. Drug and alcohol use and abuse related to a side character that fell victim to the entertainment industry. Some minor animal neglect leading to Sloan finding Tucker at the start of the novel.