Reviews tagging 'Death'

Stora vackra liv by Emily Henry

269 reviews

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

aimeesal's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: No

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Give me an Emily Henry audiobook narrated by Julia Whelan and I’m a happy girl. OMG this story was just so compelling and fascinating I literally could not put it down until it was finished. The narrative is split into two perspectives and each are equally enthralling - which can be really rare! This is the grumpy/sunshine trope but done in a really unexpected way. I LOVE THIS BOOK AND I LOVE EMILY HENRY.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Pregnancy

cuppajo16's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective sad slow-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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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy

madisonrosehager's review against another edition

4.0

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Car accident

lex_is_bookish's review against another edition

4.5

emotional 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: Grief

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy

Minor: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Car accident

bookishmillennial's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

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This definitely seems more along the lines of fiction with romance, but not a capital R-romance if that makes sense, and that's okay! 

I was so bored and I feel like I've read this book before. I put down my print copy and then listened to the audio (thank you PRH Audio for the ALC), which was much better because Julia Whelan is an excellent narrator. I could listen to her forever. However.... altogether though, this was an EmHen flop (to me)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Car accident, Pregnancy

jeaniemcgarvey's review against another edition

3.25

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting

sariereads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident

leahcove's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

kgc8's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny reflective 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

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Ultimately, this felt more like a literary fiction/woman's fiction book than a romance as the parts that stuck with me were Margaret Ives's story and life. Her tales about her wealthy, scandalous family and how they influenced her life and choices were so interesting that I would have happily read more about them, even if they also made me cry.

Some elements of the book, like the narrative device and the private life of a celebrity, reminded me of the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

The romance between Alice and Hayden took a backseat. While I liked them and their chemistry, so much of the book and page count revolves around Margaret instead of their internal lives. Their sexual tension is well done, and their compatibility is obvious, but it made it harder to develop their growth together from simple caring acts to love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Car accident, Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy