Reviews - Great Big Beautiful Life

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Great Big Beautiful Life

Emily Henry

4.08 AVERAGE

loholle's review against another edition

3.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

emmasrambles's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-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: No

foxfalied's review against another edition

1.0

slow-paced

como que a emily henry pega um livro que eu ja tava achando meio bosta e derruba pra 1 estrela na PENÚLTIMA PÁGINA é craque de jogo total.

resumindo: livro merda, um saco, genuinamente não vale a pena. casal merda que eu tava torcendo pra que sumisse de cena, e uma história que eu, no máximo do meu interesse, achava mais ou menos.

perksoftati's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective 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: Yes

i’m literally crying right now

valandthegianttbr's review against another edition

4.0

emotional lighthearted fast-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

devoured this as i do all emhen books!!

but i fear with a body of work as large as hers, things are starting to feel a weeeeee bit too familiar?

i LOVED the non-romance part of this story. the small-town setting (our girl loves a small coastal town lol) was delightful & the unraveling of margaret’s life through stories tracing back centuries was just so interesting. i was really interested in the life in the public eye aspect & the familial/maternal/sisterly love elements were really resonating. it was very evelyn hugo but even more compelling imo!!

however the romance plot did fall a little flat for me :/ that was probably partially bc grumpy/sunshine isn’t my fav tripe but also bc it just felt wayyyy too similar to january x gus from beach read. i will not deny that emhen is a phenomenal romance writer (esp with her tastefully spicy scenes) but i think i’m ready to see her write something different than a mistrustful cynic of a mmc lol

overall a fab light read that still made me cry but middle of the pack in my ranking of emhen’s works!!

noeyy's review against another edition

1.5

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

anushatamhane's review against another edition

4.5

I really liked this story and the bouncing between the two timelines. I do wish there were more of the Margaret "the story" chapters, though. I felt like the initial "story" chapters focused a lot on her older relatives and then we just rushed through her actual experiences and I would have loved to read more of that.