Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Stora vackra liv by Emily Henry

45 reviews

justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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 “There’s an old saying about stories, and how there are always three versions of them: yours, mine, and the truth.”

Lowkey, I was kind of nervous about this one, due to the mixed reviews I've been seeing. I've always enjoyed Emily Henry's books, they're fun, fast paced reads, palette cleansers, if you will, with some depth in between. And this one... was no exception. I don't know what it is about the romance in this book, but even though Alice and Hayden had a few moments together I was eating it up. And I got into Margaret's Story later. It took a while, but by the end, I was there. That part really did remind me of Taylor Jenkins Reid's Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. The romance did feel rushed, and maybe a bit insta-love, but I really didn't care. I actually would have liked there to be more focus on the romance, instead of it being a 50-50 split.

And the plot twist got me, I did not see it coming.

Maybe my rating of this book is also higher than normal because of Julia Whelan being a really good narrator, or perhaps it's because I'm in a reading mood. Either way, although it's not my favorite Emily Henry book, there were moments in here that I really enjoyed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Car accident, Pregnancy

chronic_listener's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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no one talk to me for 3-5 work days I'm processing (also recovering from crying) (a lot)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Forced institutionalization

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carla20's review against another edition

5.0

emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, Grief

booksandcoffeewithlexi's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Medical content

headinthepages's review against another edition

3.0

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Enjoyable but not my favourite of hers. I don’t feel like it flowed as well as it could have, and the balance between Alice’s story and Margaret’s/the interviews was a bit off for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol