Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Happy Place by Emily Henry

286 reviews

ktv's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

So cute and captivating. I love these characters. I love how the side characters weren’t even side characters, but they had lives and personalities of their own. A story about (mis)communication, growing up, and always finding a place where you belong with the people you love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content and Mental illness

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Infidelity

mcgifer's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

EM WHEN I CATCH YOU ROOTING AROUND IN MY BRAIN AGAIN ITS ON SIGHT

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

abby_can_read's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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I enjoy Emily Henry books. This was good and I enjoyed reading it. I think Henry's books follow the same trope - the characters not talking and accepted their assumptions despite it being oblivious to others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy

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

caramblank's review

5.0

I feel like I fell in love with these characters more than once. This book handled grief and its effects on those around you so beautifully. Wyn and Harriet are so real that it hurts. 

I saw so much of myself in Harriet, fighting to be okay and to make everyone else okay, instead of admitting that you aren’t. This book was beautifully heartbreaking and healing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

edietz22's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Chronic illness, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Minor: Chronic illness, Medical content, Vomit, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

natreadsss's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Mental illness

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

gabriellesimpson's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent

kiwichill's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad slow-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

4.0

Nice light read about love, friendship, family, belonging.  Sometimes our family is people we've chosen, who understand our true selves and love us no matter what

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Classism, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness