Reviews tagging 'Death'

Życie jest zbyt krótkie by Abby Jimenez

94 reviews

toriholzwarth44's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

2.5

Dealt with a lot of heavy topics that seemed to get fixed relatively easily. There was a little too much and not enough going on for me. Loved having a baby be a part of the story though, and the character banter is top tier as always. Just didn't feel connected to this trilogy's characters and I don't know why

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Minor: Abandonment

erinmassey23's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Pregnancy

marisabenn's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, and Death of parent

fieldofsummer's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident

jkribbit's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, and Death of parent

bookwitch's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense fast-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

My first Abby Jimenez book.

I liked the slow burn, but got a little annoyed with the stereotypical 'miscommunication' trope that kept them apart. It would have been better if they were just trying to resist that whole time, rather than resisting because they thought to themselves that the other person "could not possibly interested." That being said, I did like the conflict for the most part

and I liked that they spent a significant amount of time apart before re-kindling. It made it feel just a little bit different than your typical romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Death, Car accident, and Abandonment

aren18's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Rating: 4 
Based on the previous books in this series, I knew going in that there probably would be some heavy topics, but this felt like so many heavy topics all at once. Regardless, I loved their story. To me the ending didn’t really live up to the hype of the first 80%. I also wanted more epilogue. I feel like Grace wasn’t in it enough in the end, and the happy ending wasn’t long enough I wanted more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

booklvrkat'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? It's complicated

5.0

“If you spend your life dwelling on the worst possible thing, when it finally happens, you’ve lived it twice.” 

 

Vanessa Price, travel & fun influencer has a huge online following, but the basis for her account is that she wants people to remember to have the fun. To put your face to the sun, to drink that wine, to live life to the fullest. When her youngest sister leaves her with her infant daughter and fails to return, she switches up her world to embrace caretaking. Enter Adrian Copeland, grumpy neighbor (but not really), he becomes The Baby Tamer, and their lives start to intertwine. 

 

The story is as beautiful, fun, and poignant as you would expect an Abby Jimenez story to be. Fast paced, filled with as many humorous moments as there are emotional, and a story I would read again. OH! There is a senior rescue dog too. 

 

“I enjoy things as soon as possible. I burn the expensive candle, I use the fancy rose-shaped soap, and I drink the wine, even if the only thing I’m celebrating is the fact that it’s Tuesday.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction and Drug abuse

zalikawashere's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Car accident

alexisdillon725's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Death of parent