Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Iubire ca la carte by Emily Henry

101 reviews

lilycakes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective relaxing sad slow-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

4.0

I loved this book! It was a beautiful story that gradually peeled back the layers of its characters through adventure, honesty, grief, loss, and eventually, love. Refreshingly different from People We Meet on Vacation, with it's witty and thick-skinned characters. However, whereas PWMOV felt more like a whirring, exciting, adventure that took me away from my daily worries, Book Lovers gets real, and talks about trauma and grief. I love that in a story, it's what makes us human, but you might want to read through content warnings before picking up this book. Overall, really enjoyed this read, and really loved the characters! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

cinnamonpizza8's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

3.5

This book was the perfect palette cleanser after many horror novels. It was lighthearted, but still down to earth. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a nice, easy summer read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Death of parent

gabbygarcia'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing and Medical content

bookworm247's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Pregnancy

Minor: Abandonment and Infidelity

amykwrites's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders

ukponge's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Abandonment

alannadoucette8's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

I want so badly to be able to rate this book 6/5. Because having rated books as 5 stars in the past, it doesn’t seem like enough for how much I loved this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual content

Minor: Medical content, Abandonment, Cursing, and Grief

mallory10100's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

WOW i loved this book so much! a perfect mix of beach read and people we meet on vacation, while still completely original. if you love classic hallmark stories you’d love this one! i loved that Charlie was an editor as i will be a newspaper editor starting in september :) also LOVE that one of the main characters is named Libby as that’s my dog’s name 🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Cursing, Sexual content, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Murder, and Vomit

10/10 emily henry you never miss

lb781's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment

This is a lighthearted book but that manages to treat important topics too! The main focus is a breath taking romance, and it is steamy (!!). You will undoubtedly get attached to the characters- they are well developed throughout the story. And, most importantly, the book is funny !

jfield351's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

1.5

not to put anyone off this book but i really didn’t like it. i haven’t liked any romance novels, i really hate the tropes abs the dialogue and the characters.
The only thing I liked about this book was how neither of them wanted kids, the names of the stores in town, and how the writing was good. But some of the major plot points were so random like;

Why is Charlie’s mum so insistent that only family can run the bookstore? That’s just stupid. Literally could have avoided the whole book if she wasn’t stupid. Charlie’s character also felt like it had no depth. I couldn’t see any spark between the characters and I didn’t care for them whatsoever,, it made me cringe rather than cry when they decided to break up rather than go long distance. And breaking up would’ve been a better end to the story because coming back together didn’t make any sense. anyways.

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i guess romance is just not for me !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy, Grief, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol