Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez

9 reviews

carmenvillaman's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Ableism, and Chronic illness

biojesspj's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Addiction, Grief, Ableism, and Death

Minor: Abandonment and Death of parent

katharina90's review

lighthearted slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

1.5

A bit tedious to get through. A painfully slow pace and too many far fetched, unconvincing elements. Very cheesy. Reads like Fan Fiction. Several sentences start with "Aaaaand" [sic]. 

A baby is used as a prop and the way in which topics like addiction, mental illness and disability are handled feels off to me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism and Cultural appropriation

cady_sass's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

I am SUING for emotional damage. You will be hearing from my lawyer, Abby. 
Also, marry me? Just kidding. Unless? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Ableism, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Addiction, and Panic attacks/disorders

karolinaz's review

emotional funny hopeful sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Addiction, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Car accident, Sexual content, Medical content, Addiction, Drug abuse, Stalking, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

sterlingreads's review

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

liz_not_bennet's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

I can't remember the last time I cried this hard.
It was worth it, though.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

Minor: Ableism

yeojinqueen's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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: Drug abuse, Medical content, Abandonment, Addiction, Grief, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Ableism

zabeishumanish's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful slow-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? No

5.0

I ugly cried for the last quarter of the book. Good did I love it. A beautiful meaningful impactful romance. I adored the found parenthood aspect watching two people unexpectedly fall in love with their daughter, and each other. As much as I loved the whole book, the beginning with them being friends felt the most special and real. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, and Medical content

ASL is discussed at length in the book and several of the main character’s loved one died from it. The main character fears she also has ASL, ultimately though her medical issues aren’t chronic.