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Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez
1.0
sad fast-paced

Respectfully…no.

This was sitting at a solid 2.5 stars until the last few chapters and then this really went of off the rails into something that made me want to throw my phone while walking my dog since I was listening to the audiobook. 

I loved the first two books in the series (both got five stars), but this has got to be the most jumbled disappointment in a series I’ve read in awhile. 

I’m not sure if the ALS/disability rep is the best in here so look at own voices reviews for that. Some things about the rep just didn’t sit well with me. If you know you may be sick, you go to the doctor and take care of yourself. Period. 

I KNEW those symptoms seemed more like something pressing down on a nerve.


I liked Adrian, but man that man was an idiot. The insta friendship to the quickest “I love you” was questionable at best. 

I think Abby may have tried too many things in this one and coincidentally- most of them are probably triggers so those will be below. This resulted in a book that was too long and too jumbled. 

I’m still so excited to read the fourth installment soon. 

TW: ALS, parental abandonment, addiction, hoarding, flight anxiety, disability, alcoholism, dementia, car accident, death of loved ones, and OCD.