Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Happily Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

5 reviews

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

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.

annahamburger's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.75

Another poignant story! This one balances the light the and heavy that comes with life. A hopeful story that unfolds about our FMC finding love after loss. 

In this book we get to see Sloan's character be fleshed out as well as meet Jason. Kristen continues to be a central character and I was happy to see her and peak into her life after her "happily ever after". Josh unfortunately sort of faded to a side character, I was hoping to get to know him better from the outside since their book really focused on Kristen. 

I enjoyed Sloan and Jason's character development and complicated and nuanced reactions to real relationship barriers (not everyone is a rockstar but jobs have been known to transfer people or require travel). 

This book got emotional reactions out of me such as- smiling, laughing, and crying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

stephaniezd's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

First half of the book - five stars! A terrific story about girl meets boy and works to overcome her previously devastating loss. Second half of the book was a complete slog that just brought the whole thing down. Both characters need therapy AND to get over themselves. Yikes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Car accident, and Abandonment

zabeishumanish's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

4.25

This book was hard. Really hard. Emotionally catastrophic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Stalking

Minor: Eating disorder