Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Happy Place by Emily Henry

38 reviews

daniofthewood's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Medical content, Vomit, and Terminal illness

_verena_'s review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

3.75

🎧 gehört als Hörbuch

⚠️ Achtung SPOILER enthalten


Eigentlich mag ich den Exes to Lovers Trope nicht sooo gerne, aber hier finde ich ihn gut umgesetzt, ich hatte bei Harriet und Wyns Gesprächen meist so einen Kloß im Hals und dachte mir, wenn sie am Schluss nicht zusammen kommen, wäre ich forever heartbroken. I mean:

... Ich sehe dich lieber 5 Tage im Jahr, als irgend jemand anderen die ganze Zeit...

Es wird gut veranschaulicht, was die Schwächen der einzelnen Charaktere sind, weshalb sie sich selbst um Weg stehen

und vor allem Wyn, der wegen seiner Mental Health Issues und seinem niedrigem Selbstbewusstsein, da er sich selbst ständig als 'dumm' bezeichnet, Harriet verlassen hat.

Ich liebe den Found Family Trope, der wird hier super wholesome und herzerwärmend umgesetzt.🤍

Kimmy und Cleo sind so toll 😍
Generell sind die Nebencharaktere super ausgearbeitet und die Chemie zwischen ihnen stimmt einfach. Ihre Freundschaft zueinander ist herzerwärmend.
Einzig Sabrina nervt,

stichelt die ganze Zeit wegen dem abgesagten Besuch bei Cleo und Kimmy. Let it go girl 🙄 Außerdem ist es super übergriffig und manipulativ, da sie zB Harriet und Wyn ins gleiche Zimmer steckt, weil sie will, dass sie wieder zusammen kommen.

Dass dann alles auf ihre familiären Probleme und Kindheit geschoben wird, ist einfach keine Entschuldigung für ihr Verhalten.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Pregnancy, Drug use, and Alcohol

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

This was a great read. It was fun, and relatable at a lot of parts. I liked the ending. The only reason it wasn’t 5 stars was because it was good but not something I would read again. I wasn’t over the moon about it, but it was good. Would recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Alcohol, Medical content, Sexual content, Drug use, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Cancer

camiclarkbooks's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

“Happy Place” was a cute romance that handled themes of grief and growing up well, but it didn’t live up to the hype (in my personal, private opinion). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Drug use

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Julia Whelan just does such a great job narrating, and I think this book may have bored me a bit more without her talents. I do love a slow burn romance, but this one maybe was too slow? I got a little bored in the middle, and I felt like the the "conflict" in the relationship was just as deep as one in a Hallmark movie -

just lack of communication.

Like, I wasn't rooting for them lol and also!

Was I supposed to catch that she hated being a doctor??? That seemed out of nowhere to me!

Would probs try Ms. Henry again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Minor: Bullying, Classism, Medical content, and Mental illness

isfantasi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Drug use, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Medical content

brynjamin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

phoevincent's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Chronic illness, Abandonment, and Mental illness

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Vomit, Abandonment, Drug use, Cancer, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Grief, Alcohol, and Cursing

Maybe I am a basic bitch but I loved it, okay? I laughed, I cried, I smiled, I got very horny. It was amazing and it ended in a way I loved bc I too am burnt out on a career I thought I would love. I too am clinging to my youth and friends from college like a gd Sabrina. I too would follow my people to the ends of the earth. Anyway, I guess I am an Emily Henry stan now bc I also loved People We Meet on Vacation.

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction and Murder