Reviews - Great Big Beautiful Life

26.7k reviews for:

Great Big Beautiful Life

Emily Henry

4.09 AVERAGE

amandamita's review against another edition

5.0

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mberlon's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

flannerbee's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful 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

Emily Henry does it again.

kelseymccoy's review against another edition

2.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

krunde1126's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shelbyshim's review against another edition

3.0

inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

kbog7's review against another edition

3.25

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Alice Scott and Hayden Anderson are two journalists competing to write the memoir of an old Hollywood celebrity. Along the way, they learn a lot about each other, interview subject, and what it means to love someone.

I was so excited to read this because I am a fan of Emily Henry’s books, but this is the only one I’ve read that’s been “meh”. The general plot is pretty similar to “Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo”, albeit of course with some plot changes, and it just fell flat to me. The last quarter of the book is great though. Don’t think I can recommend this one unfortunately.