Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Stora vackra liv by Emily Henry

260 reviews

andemilytoo's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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: Grief

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness

xyln's review against another edition

3.75

emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy

ju_harue's review against another edition

5.0

emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Tornou-se minha obra favorita da autora. A abordagem da maternidade, criação dos filhos e história familiar foi brilhante, profundamente comovente.  Existem diversos gatilhos, aconselho os leitores mais sensíveis a consultar o StoryGraph para mais informações. 
Sem dúvida, lembrou-me "Evelyn Hugo", de Taylor Jenkins Reid, contudo, a singularidade da autora e seu estilo de escrita permaneceram evidentes. O desfecho surpreendente foi extraordinário, mantendo-me em suspense e sem fôlego até o final.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Alcohol

danielledeal's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful 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: Yes

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If The Lucky One by Taylor Swift was a story, it would be Margaret. 

I absolutely devoured this book; I picked it up and could barely do anything else, including sleep. I think Hayden is one of my favorite EH love interests. I adored him from the moment he accidentally drank Alice's too-sweet iced latte and he never disappointed me. Something about him is just so good. It did not take any convincing for me to like them as a couple. There was something so fulfilling about seeing them come together over something not completely centered on their work; it felt like a genuine, real connection. 

I enjoyed the plot and especially the element of mystery, of piecing together the story alongside Alice. I would've liked a bit more at the end, after some of the character revelations. I wanted to revisit the relationships with

Cecil

and

Jodi

- maybe even a nice little fluff piece on the island, without drawing attention to Margaret of course. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent

Pregnancy jump scare at the end but I thought it was a valid addition and handled well.

deetabz's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity, Medical trauma, Alcohol

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

4.25

emotional 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, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Car accident, Pregnancy

Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Dementia

jenna36's review against another edition

4.75

emotional 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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I absolutely loved this book! I was weeping by the ending, and it broke the curse of my DNFing every other Emily Henry book! 

I had heard mixed reviews of this one, but perhaps it's just because I'm nosy and love dramatic celebrity stories and cult documentaries, but the story part of the book did not bother me at all, I was invested in most of it in fact. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness, Death of parent

Minor: Car accident, Pregnancy

oceanwriter's review against another edition

3.75

emotional 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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Going into this book, I’d read and heard a lot of mixed reviews saying that this book deviates from Emily Henry’s typical style. I wasn’t too concerned about this because the style of this book actually aligns more with my typical reading preferences, so I feel I was lucky in this regard. 

 

Alice and Hayden are both given a month to vie for the chance to write the life story of an aged former celebrity, Margaret Ives, now living in seclusion. The competition isn’t exactly bitter as Alice and Hayden connect. Unfortunately, thanks to NDAs, neither of them can discuss their interviews with Margaret. This becomes increasingly difficult for Alice in particular as the month goes on. 

 

While certainly different than what I’m used to from Emily Henry, I did enjoy this. That said, this isn’t necessarily the kind of book I’m looking for when picking up her work. I think I would have preferred to listen to the audiobook. I also found it too similar to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. It’s less of a romcom and closer to general fiction. Which, again, is not an issue for me, but might be for people expecting another Beach Read. 

 

I enjoyed the scenes with Alice and her mother the most. I liked how that situation played out, and I liked watching Alice’s growth through these situations. Honestly, I could have read an entire book about them and leave or take Hayden. I liked him, but I feel like we missed out not hearing his POV. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Car accident, Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Dementia

uranaishi's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment

cornyylynn's review against another edition

2.75

emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment