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Happy Place by Emily Henry

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martapsalvado's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.5

Emily Henry be like "here's a summer read", then makes you cry on the beach
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rd77's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Overall, this book was really great and Emily Henry did a fantastic job with scene setting and making the characters feel real and loveable. 

The positives: I really loved the friend group dynamic! It felt very realistic in the way that they all made mistakes and fought at times, but they all deeply loved each other. I also really liked the scene setting and descriptions of the scenery - it made the cottage in Maine come to life and made me nostalgic for a place I’ve never been. I also really liked the alternating between the past and the present, so we could see the story of how Wyn and Harriet ended up together interspersed in the current story. 

The negative: I did feel like the last few chapters were rushed and that the resolution was also a bit rushed. 
Now, I’m definitely biased when I say this since I am a medical student, but I wasn’t a huge fan of Harriet quitting her residency - or rather, the way it happened. I do think her reasoning was sound in that she felt that she had just gone into medicine to please other people. However, I didn’t really realize that she hated her job until she said it out loud. Sure, it was said that she struggled a lot since they moved to San Francisco, but it was implied that that was mainly because of her and Wyn’s relationship falling apart (and anyone who knows anything about medical residency could attribute the rest to the fact that residency is really, really, really difficult especially in the first year). So if this was the path the author was leading to the whole time, then I would have liked to actually get more clues that Harriet wasn’t enjoying the job itself rather than that Hank’s passing and Wyn was complicating everything. Without those clues, it makes it seem like she DID quit her residency because of Wyn, since that’s all that the problem seemed to be until she suddenly said she didn’t like her job in the last few chapters. And that is something I can’t support at all, since I fully agree with her mother that she shouldn’t give anything up for a man, especially not a career she’s invested a ridiculous amount of time and money into (and that she never mentioned disliking until a reconciliation with Wyn came into the picture). Also, the whole quitting residency thing was kind of glossed over, especially when it came to the loans. Harriet planned to « chip away » at them, which is kind of a ridiculous comment considering she likely has over $250,000 in loans that are continuing to accrue interest and that a pottery instructor could in no way ever repay. It just made it feel less realistic and cheapened how big of a decision it really was for her. Basically, I just felt like this came as a surprise (which made it feel like this decision was made because of Wyn even though the author tries to say it wasn’t) and that it wasn’t very realistic. I did love that relationships with family and friends and personal happiness were what Harriet realized she wanted to focus on, but I just think this conclusion could have come about in a better way.


All in all, still an incredible book and one that definitely feels so real because of the incredible imagery and character development. 
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erkietheturkey's review against another edition

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emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

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brynhayes's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? No

5.0

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braveprincess11's review against another edition

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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

for a book called “Happy Place,” I cried a lot more than anticipated… Another brilliant book from Emily Henry
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gabyhat's review against another edition

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hopeful reflective 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

3.0

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ayoderable's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective 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

Spicer than normal for Emily Henry in a good way. Pretty funny as well. Good character development with real problems. Didn't LOVE the ending- felt a little bit hand wavy with main characters depression but it was still pretty good
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cady_sass's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

One of my favorite things about an Emily Henry book is that they always feel unique in the way that she approaches an overdone trope with a fresh spin. This one falls a little short for me. There’s nothing innately wrong with it, the story is fine and the characters are fine but that’s just it, it’s all just fine. The storyline here is tad too predictable, and even though we get [a version of] a happy ending it doesn’t feel satisfying. I’m perfectly content with having read this, but I think my hopes were too high. They can’t all be 5 stars 
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rhythmofryn's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
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  • 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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angelsfw's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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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