Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez

157 reviews

nonnalee's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring

4.0


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booksgalore24's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny sad medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0


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arnold_shelby's review

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adventurous hopeful inspiring fast-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

3.5

I felt like this book was one of the least toxic romance novels I've read in a while, with some good character development and growth and people able to find their way back to one another.

The things that annoyed me didn't outweigh the quality of the characters, but I found it frustrating how Vanessa tried to control her family with money. 

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sabinedion's review

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emotional 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

3.5

Overall really enjoyed the story but some of the plot points resolved way too quickly imo, especially when dealing with really serious topics like hoarding and drug addictions. Finding out it wasn't actually ALS that was causing her hand numbness felt like an afterthought, but I love a happy ending when the overall theme is life's too short to dwell on the bad things so I'll let that slide. I can suspend reality to an extent but everything being resolved with a week of therapy is wild, as much as I wish that were the case irl haha

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kera_reads's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny informative sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75


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h_gill's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This one kind of had the same effect on me that The Friend Zone did….I don’t know how to explain it. 

Like building up this awful terminal thing the whole book and then just miraculously getting past it. I’m not saying that it doesn’t happen like that in real life sometimes and I know this kind of book has a HEA but I don’t know. Kind of cheapens it for me I guess.

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chellyfish's review

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

4.0


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jax10124's review

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adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

The banter and wit in Abby’s books is always on point and this book doesn’t disappoint. 
There’s a lot of miscommunication in this book, so be prepared, but it’s accidental. 
The characters are wonderful and charming, and the love story is well written and cute. 
I loved the ALS side of this story, I know there’s more to it than just this story but it was a good way to include chronic illness and bring awareness to a chronic illness that needs some attention. 

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shelbieb's review

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emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

3.75


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deadlyh0pe's review

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emotional informative inspiring reflective 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

5.0


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