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Stora vackra liv by Emily Henry

45 reviews

hyperlexy's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny mysterious reflective 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: Complicated

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readbykate's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny lighthearted 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

Reminded me a lot of the seven husbands of evelyn hugo. I do think straight romance officially icks me out though, especially the spicy scenes.

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annacurnow's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful 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: No

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rlbl's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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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njgh's review against another edition

5.0

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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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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feralandfictional's review against another edition

5.0

This is the mix of twisty mystery and romance that my heart has been CRAVING. Even though I saw the first twist coming, the second twist snuck up on me so hard I had to stop reading to take a breather before continuing. My first 5 star read this year was The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year (Ally Carter) and this gave me the same feeling (without being a seasonal read), though it’s less Nancy Drew forward. Conflicts felt mostly reasonable (I haven’t felt like most romance book conflicts have been reasonable in my more recent reads lately so that says a lot) and though it left me wanting to read more about the characters to be able to live in this world a bit longer, it also left the story feeling like it had a sufficient and thoughtful end tied up with a bow. I’d definitely recommend it.

The only thing I think could’ve been improved was the

subplot of Theo. He had no impact on the story and every scene with him on the sidelines felt like a throwaway scene. It felt like he was supposed to be more involved but the editor removed that part and everyone forgot to make him take sense again…

but since that didn’t take away from the story for me, I won’t sing the rating. Still STUNNING.

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bittersweet5004's review against another edition

4.5

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Entertaining, funny, with some romance. Just the right amount of everything to make it an easy read but still exciting.

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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

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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ecmo1's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

About half of this is devoted to the memories of Margaret, an elderly hermit and former paparazzi headliner from a line of uber rich, messy people. Alice and Hayden are journalists who Margaret sets up as potential memoir writers for her story, competing for the chance to author the book. Of course, they fall in love (the other 50% of the story). I thought this was fine, but there were some side character dropped plots and pacing issues that could’ve made it all hang together a little better. It could’ve also used a little more showing and a little less telling, especially in Hayden’s part of the story. There’s a lot of random (past) trauma. Overall, not my favorite or least favorite Emily Henry book.

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