Reviews tagging 'Death'

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

21 reviews

the_cat_on_a_bookcase's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

Emma reads a Reddit post by Justin about how they are both "cursed" with being the relationship before their exes find "The One." They connect and find themselves in the same city, but just for the summer. They make a plan to do an experiment: to date each other, so that the next person they meet will be their soulmate.

This book is totally worth all the hype. I've loved every book in this series, but I think that I fell for Justin the hardest. This shows that dating can be intentional even in the chaos of everyday life and how love sometimes grows unexpectedly.

I would definitely recommend reading the trigger warnings for this book. I appreciated the authenticity & complicated feelings that came with the extended families in this book. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who loves a great romance! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Death, and Medical content

juliareads123's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

5.0

this book altered by brain chemistry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

readandfindout's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

4.25

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 5 stars
Characters: 4.5 stars
Plot: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Dementia, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

amybartoli29's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Excrement and Vomit

Minor: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

samcanuel's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

Abby Jimenez never misses. This book warmed my heart, then ripped it out and stomped all over it, then put it back in a thousand times over. If you have mommy issues, make sure you think long and hard about whether you’re ready to think about them because this book will really give you something to think about. Emma and Justin had a sweet, simple bond that I think spoke to the message of the book. Something uncomplicated between them in their extremely complicated lives. At any rate, this book is an emotional rollercoaster, but Jimenez treats it with beautiful, tender care. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

bringmybooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

4.0

✨Bring✨ | Borrow | Bypass

Thank you to Edelweiss, Forever, & Hachette Book Group for the opportunity to read and review this book before it's publication date! This in no way affected my review, opinions are my own.

Review: Abby Jimenez's books are just so. dang. FUN. I love how there are super serious topics presented in each of her novels, but that they are done in a way that lets you go through the tough things without feeling like you've been clobbered. This probably wasn't my favorite of the books, just because the logic/plot portion of it missed a bit for me (for the most part, I'm able to suspend disbelief for her plots, but this one felt a bit too far-fetched). That being said, I can definitely say that if you've liked her previous books, I would feel fairly confident recommending this one to you as well!
 

Overall Rating: ★★★★ / 4.13 
 
Rating each element of the book out of 5★ 
Characters ★★★★★ 
Atmosphere ★★★ 
Writing ★★★★ 
Plot ★★★ 
Intrigue ★★★★ 
Logic ★★★ 
Enjoyment ★★★★ 
Pacing ★★★★ 
Dialogue ★★★★ 

★ did not like / ★★ it was okay / ★★★ liked it / ★★★★ really liked it / ★★★★★ loved it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

ashleyjean6's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I have complicated feelings; the main character bothered me so much! Let's just get that out there. Mainly, I think this was a cross between a light romance novel and something more, like a heavy family literary saga. And it kinda worked, but not really. The overall tone and writing skill were solid romance book; a good one with a plot and good banter. But it lacked the true depth and character development when trying to deal with the family drama (honestly complex trauma) in the other part of the book. For it to work, there was too much convenient trope plot. And the characters were fairly well developed, especially the main 3, but there wasn't a supporting cast to carry off the nuance. Anyway, yes I liked it, but also it needed to pick a genre. Or maybe I need to adjust my expectations for this author and figure out a new hybrid genre... Elevated romance, but not quite a complex contemporary literature work??! I liked it, but. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

melissaopond's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Abandonment

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

like all of abby jimenez’s books, this was an enjoyable summer read with some serious life undertones. however, in this book the character’s didn’t have a ton of chemistry imo, they just felt like really good friends. but i really liked the plot and how the characters from previous books made an appearance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

marinajonesreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

4.0

Of the three books in this shared world, this is my favorite. The traumas felt real, the emotions felt real and the sadness felt real. I loved the lesson that sometimes, love isn’t the only thing to consider. I also liked that really, you can read this book without the others. I love the shared universe concept. 

Emma and Justin were adorable. Emma is a protagonist I can get around. So very very flawed but also very relatable. I understood where she was coming from and my heart broke for her throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Alcohol