Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Stora vackra liv by Emily Henry

14 reviews

elclark15's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Really enjoyed the book.   I like the non-linear storytelling, and I enjoyed the parallel developments that weren’t too obvious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Animal death

Cults

midnightmoon_dreamer's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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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Once again, a great book by Emily Henry. I really loved the story telling. Just a warning, as much as love is a central theme of the book, the love story between Alice and Hayden is not a main focus so if that’s what you’re looking for, maybe this isn’t for you. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

aileron's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Terminal illness, Dementia, Pregnancy

pookiee's review against another edition

2.25

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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nooooo🥲 she tried something different - less romance, more women’s fiction - but it reads like it was supposed to be a romance and the interview parts got carried away.

it also reads like (i hate to say) a rip off of Evelyn Hugo. the writing is juvenile, big plot points happen abruptly, the whole biography is just stereotypes of old hollywood (do we need more “woe is me” celebrity stories!?), and the romance is shallow if not unbelievable thanks to its being sidelined. 

at least her writing is still compulsively readable and i dug the romance and family conflicts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Eating disorder, Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

the love interest has some disordered eating thinking/orthorexic habits