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The Happily Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

73 reviews

lily_sutton's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Self harm

elisha_gabriella's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Self harm

edhyndman'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Drug abuse and Self harm

sharkyray's review

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

I sped through this! Had some heavy, sad moments but it made the highs more lovely

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism and Bullying

Minor: Self harm and Stalking

catherineatspam's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Car accident

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

akswhy's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

1.0

The premise had potential, but the drama was unbelievable and the plot was all over the place. My biggest issue, however, is the codependence of the main characters and the lack of any kind of consequences for the blatant sexual harassment and abuse that happens. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

sariereads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Vomit, and Pregnancy

meeeshell's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

Overall fun plot, but I didn’t like the descriptions of Lola and some of the romance tropes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Misogyny and Self harm

sophia_bd's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved listening to the songs on “The Happy Ever After Playlist” as I read this book (GO find the playlist on Apple Music/Spotify!!). It helped me tear through it, too. I laughed and cried and gasped, had to pause when I dreaded what I knew would happen next, and couldn’t put it down as I sobbed through the ending. SO beautiful!!! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Blood, and Vomit

spicycronereads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

This was adorable. It is a closed door romance so it was a perfect airplane read. Thanks goodness I was wearing a mask so I could just smile and giggle (and cry) and nobody was any the wiser. Somehow this was simultaneously a rock star romance and a mountain man romance. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I can’t explain. You will just have to see for yourself!

FMC Sloan and MMC Jason are super cute together. And Tucker is the best good boy and the ultimate matchmaker. 🐶 The sigh-worthy moments are few and far between but there are a few sprinkled throughout and there are definitely moments to smile and kick your feet. 💖💖💖

Sloan’s grief and the highs and lows of their relationship add emotional complexity to an otherwise extremely lighthearted romcom.

Diversity is kind of tough to evaluate. Other than Sloan having a tan, nobody’s skin is described and descriptions of hair etc are kind of ambiguous. There does seem to be a butch female character (Zane) but otherwise everything is pretty normative. Apparently this was the first book Jimenez ever wrote so I don’t know if this holds true in her more recent work. 

Overall, it was a super cute read that I read in one sitting (on an airplane 😂) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 💖💖💖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Self harm, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty