Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Beach Read by Emily Henry

60 reviews

ishitakale's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

Def one of my comfort books now! The storyline is sooo well developed which really makes you fall in love with all these characters. The banter between the two of them is SO good !!  & basically, they both said allll the right things :)))) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

krisbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

It’s funny, lovable and can give you chills about the cult part. Loved the characters and their development through the novel, the main characters father and their complicated relationship is a great teaching for daily life. 
Would absolutely read it again because yes I admit it, it is my confort read. Now please send an Augustus Everett for myself. Thank you Emily Henry for making me fall in love and then breaking my heart only to re-build it again, this is amazing (also I’m about to start reading people we meet on vacation, can’t wait!)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Grief

morgan_emily's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, I definitely did not find it hard to fall in love with the characters, but I liked that they acknowledged that they were human and that January’s thoughts were actually pretty relatable.

I did find myself second guessing whether or not I loved Gus or if I found him maybe a bit creepy, just when he was saying that he was like in love with January during college and stuff. I also throughout the whole book was questing whether the book would end in a happy or sad way bc there is so much talk about that within the book

but overall I really enjoyed it and read it in like 3 days. I was having a hard couple days and it was the perfect book to escape into bc it wasn’t complicated but there was enough going on to keep me distracted. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse and Suicide

kettleen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Suicide

btg's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

A truly spectacular romance book, "Beach Read" gets my five-star rating for the following reasons: 

1. Despite being a romance book, it doesn't feel like eating pure sugar. By including Gus's character, Henry creates a world that is, at times, truly awful -- and yet the characters manage to earn their happy ending anyway. 
2. A spectacularly creative premise, grounded in realistic experience
3. The wonderful emotional hurt/comfort scenes that hit all the notes 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Vomit

Moderate: Cancer, Torture, Suicide, Infidelity, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

The premise of the book starts with the death of a major character's parent, and one major character arc is on reconciling that character's adultery. Main characters discuss a parent's previous battle with cancer, but the cancer remains in remission throughout the entire book timeline and said character only shows up a couple of times. A side plot on the book focuses on investigating a suicide cult; multiple side characters interview with the main characters, describing specifics (though not graphically) and at one point the main characters visit the site of the cult. Physically and emotionally abusive practices of the cult are discussed, though again, not graphically. A major character has a backstory of emotional and physical abuse from a parent which largely forms their character arc. The abuse itself is never depicted, but is discussed and consequences are clear in the character's actions.

Said major character admits to having a mental health disorder, taking medication and being in therapy; it's a one-off line, and the specifics of this and diagnosis in question are never discussed.

A major character vomits in the carnival scene, prompting the other major character to admit they are emotophobic. Said emetophobia is brought up a couple more times (sometimes in a teasing fashion), but usually handled respectfully. If a reader skips a few lines, they can get past the part of the vomit scene that is potentially triggering.

roseamillerg's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

soooo cute. read all but the last 50 pages in one day. 🥺

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Cursing

Minor: Vomit, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

beccaruthe's review against another edition

emotional funny relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

rachrreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

“It was just another good day. A perfect day. A Happy for Now so vast and deep that I knew—or rather believed—I didn’t have to worry about tomorrow.”

January was one who always believed in the good in life, in the happily ever afters. That was until her father passed and she realized he had been lying to her for years. January now saw only the pain in life, so of course she struggled to write the romance novel her publisher was asking for.

In comes Gus for the second time in her life. January’s sworn enemy from college. He always balked at her happy endings in every story and his story’s were always so gloomy.  So when January moves in next door in the tiny town where her father grew up, they strike a deal. January will write a gloomy realistic book and Gus will write one with a happy ending.

They teach each other weekly about their genres, while getting to really open up and know the other at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Vomit and Infidelity

Minor: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

mich_26's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Terminal illness

bee94's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• 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: Death, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Infidelity