Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Stora vackra liv by Emily Henry

22 reviews

krandelzhofer's review against another edition

3.5

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Most of the storyline in the subject of their biography largely felt like a distraction from the main plot. I still don’t understand why she needed to go onto the family history. It didn’t feel relevant until the end. Reminded me a bit of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

hannahpower's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad 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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This was one of my favourite reads this year! 
The last couple of chapters felt rushed but overall a really cute story that had layers to it and a surprising amount of substance. This book broached some important topics that I don't often see addressed in romance books, and while some parts weren't resolved, they were handled well and leave room for the reader to contemplate. I might be an Emily Henry fan now 😍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content

Moderate: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Classism

lee_s's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident

brynn_books's review against another edition

4.5

emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Emily Henry has done it again. I was skeptical about this book bc it didn’t seem like her usual style, but I think this might actually be one of my favorites. I loved seeing the mystery of Margaret Ives unraveling with every chapter. And the plot twist completely shocked me. I will say that I was more interested in the mystery of the Ives family rather than the romance between Hayden and Alice. 

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Content Warnings

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

amylbergstrom's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful 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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What I love about Emily Henry is that she writes characters that feel very real. Their dialogue feels authentic, they react to situations in ways that feel genuine, and their backstories logically explain how they came to be the people they are. In Great Big Beautiful Life, our main character is a writer, and she realizes that everything she writes comes down to love, that that is all she's ever wanted to write. It felt like that was Henry peaking through in her character, that her stories are always about love. Not just romance, but love of various kinds -- sisters, parent-child, friends, etc. Alice and Hayden are definitely among my favorite of Henry's couples, and the story-within-the-story was interesting as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent

clothildev's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Emily Henry we are so back!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

daryn's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny 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, Car accident, Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Misogyny, Kidnapping

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

sirpandacat's review against another edition

4.25

emotional lighthearted mysterious

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexism, Violence, Car accident

rewatchrereadrewind's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense 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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Okay, listen I didn’t hate it. I did enjoy the book but!

I guessed Hayden being related to Margaret pretty early o ok but I still enjoyed it. I wish we got a little more development in Hayden and Alice’s relationship, especially emotionally from Hayden’s side,  and that we got a more fleshed out happy ending for them. It all felt a bit rushed in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Alcohol