Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Stora vackra liv by Emily Henry

290 reviews

sdudley2209's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Pregnancy

rlbeck's review against another edition

3.25

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

tigertheory's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Will update this later but I’m just so pissed off rn 

literally fuck off. I hate pregnancy trope endings so much.

Also, since when is 1,70 m considered tall? 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Classism

Minor: Child death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol

aus10england's review against another edition

3.25

emotional 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

---

Not my favorite Emily Henry book, but still a good time! I didn’t think I would like the flashbacks but they ended up working out by the end. These people fell in love WAY too fast. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content

gl00p's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent

Minor: Chronic illness

carissaphaneuf's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective medium-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

---

Loved the newest Emily Henry! Before reading, I saw a review that this is Book Lovers meets Evelyn Hugo, and that was a perfect description. Super fun and mysterious (not boring) historical fiction interwoven with modern day love story and an autobiographical storytelling from an American princess type celebrity. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma

april_reads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful relaxing 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

---

Emily Henry is pretty hit or miss for me—honestly, I usually don’t love her books. And I’m not really a romance girlie to begin with, so take this with a grain of salt… but I actually liked this one!

Great Big Beautiful Life had more depth than I expected, and while a lot of people are comparing it to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, I don’t really think that’s a fair comparison. Yes, there’s a similar setup, but this is its own thing entirely.

What I appreciated most was that the story didn’t rely solely on the romance—it had plot, character development, and some real emotional weight. It’s not a five-star read for me, but it’s definitely one I’d recommend if you like books with a romance element that also give you something more.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident

livaausma's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Stalking

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Car accident, Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Pregnancy

haikelso's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful 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

---

Hayden is sexy, that’s all 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief

charly_ho's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy