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A review by tiffanytt
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
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okay i did fly through this book crazy fast but that being said i don't think i enjoyed it that much. first, i felt like there was so much going on, with emma's mom and justin's mom and there were a lot of characters. did justin need three siblings? two could have sufficed. i also didn't like maddy's character very much. although in the end she was right about emma's mom, i didn't like the way that she was not very emotionally supportive of emma and her desire to keep her mom in her life. at the end of the day, that was emma's mom and not hers so she should have just been supportive of her friend. maybe it's a sore spot that made it stick with me...anyway the other thing is that the concept was kind of goofy. like meeting someone off reddit and moving to be near them even if just for six weeks? that is pretty wild. and also they fell in love with each other very quickly i felt. it didn't really make much sense to me. the writing was also kind of millenial, like the jokes were not for my crowd.
i didn't really like justin's character too much, but maybe that's because i'm a romantic cynic. he just liked emma a lot and overtly showed it all the time. #unrealistic. it was also just cringy a lot of the time. the pool floaty thing? that was goofy. the pre-date questionnaires and post-date surveys? goofy. and i didn't really like the ending that they separated for six months, no contact and then she said what she said and everything was okay. those six months were probably definitely brutal for justin. like he probably felt so hurt and he did, that's what he said and so for it to all just go away because of her confession? idk...maybe a hot take but i don't think someone who loves you should ever hurt you that badly...but maybe sensitive.
idk i just don't think that it was well-written and it was very heavily focused on both of their struggles and oh yes i forgot about this but both of them were going through turbulent times so it irked me a little how much they liked each other because to me it felt like he was leaning on her and wanting her because she was the most stable aspect of his life currently. i just didn't think that was very healthy. so maybe in hindsight it was good they separated but idk. not my taste, probably won't read another one of her books.
okay i did fly through this book crazy fast but that being said i don't think i enjoyed it that much. first, i felt like there was so much going on, with emma's mom and justin's mom and there were a lot of characters. did justin need three siblings? two could have sufficed. i also didn't like maddy's character very much. although in the end she was right about emma's mom, i didn't like the way that she was not very emotionally supportive of emma and her desire to keep her mom in her life. at the end of the day, that was emma's mom and not hers so she should have just been supportive of her friend. maybe it's a sore spot that made it stick with me...anyway the other thing is that the concept was kind of goofy. like meeting someone off reddit and moving to be near them even if just for six weeks? that is pretty wild. and also they fell in love with each other very quickly i felt. it didn't really make much sense to me. the writing was also kind of millenial, like the jokes were not for my crowd.
i didn't really like justin's character too much, but maybe that's because i'm a romantic cynic. he just liked emma a lot and overtly showed it all the time. #unrealistic. it was also just cringy a lot of the time. the pool floaty thing? that was goofy. the pre-date questionnaires and post-date surveys? goofy. and i didn't really like the ending that they separated for six months, no contact and then she said what she said and everything was okay. those six months were probably definitely brutal for justin. like he probably felt so hurt and he did, that's what he said and so for it to all just go away because of her confession? idk...maybe a hot take but i don't think someone who loves you should ever hurt you that badly...but maybe sensitive.
idk i just don't think that it was well-written and it was very heavily focused on both of their struggles and oh yes i forgot about this but both of them were going through turbulent times so it irked me a little how much they liked each other because to me it felt like he was leaning on her and wanting her because she was the most stable aspect of his life currently. i just didn't think that was very healthy. so maybe in hindsight it was good they separated but idk. not my taste, probably won't read another one of her books.