Reviews tagging 'Death'

Stora vackra liv by Emily Henry

268 reviews

machenn's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective relaxing 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol

passionatereader78's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident

kailiyahknight's review against another edition

3.0

emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Dementia, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

elanuruysal's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident

katieimre's review against another edition

3.0

funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Death of parent

novelsally's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I had to keep on reminding myself this was Emily Henry and not Taylor Jenkins Reid. Not that that was a bad thing.
Loved the final parts with Alice’s parents story and choosing love.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy

nerdese's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Another enjoyable read from an author who's pretty much an auto-read for me now, but I can't say it quite hit the heights of her previous offerings. I liked Alice and Hayden's chemistry, but did feel it escalated a bit quickly; Emily Henry is so good at the slow burn, but the tension was cut rather quickly, and I didn't quite grasp Hayden's jump from stoic to smitten. The parallel plot of Margaret's family was well done — it gave me Evelyn Hugo vibes — but I found the ending rushed and a little too neat. I read a few other reviews that said the novel didn't feel as polished as Henry's previous ones, and I think I agree. There's a lot of good stuff here, but especially for a novel that clocks in at nearly 450 pages, I think it could have benefited from some more streamlining and sharpening.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Car accident

ravensis's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional 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: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Sexism, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Toxic relationship

katiefronk's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content

literary_heather's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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: Yes

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So good, very "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo"-esque but happier. Less Rom-com than her other books, more romantic fiction. Heartbreaking and healing at the same time. Wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness, Dementia, Car accident