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Stora vackra liv by Emily Henry

307 reviews

merlesstorys's review against another edition

4.5

emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

I feel a lot of feelings about this book. For once, I read it in German but for most of the book, I listened to the audiobook and that one I really disliked. It felt really slow and dragged a lot without any markings when a new chapter or a history part began.

As soon as I started reading it with my eyes though, I really enjoyed the book again as I always (so far) did with Henry‘s books.

I really liked Margaret and the mystery surrounding Jodi, her mysterious housekeeper. Alice was a great narrator and main character, and her love story with Hayden was sweet and pretty convincing.

The history parts were partly my favorites, especially when I started reading the book and started to notice how the names were actually spelled after listening to them (I thought Gerald was spelled Darren ups) and all the plot twists wooing into them were just chefs kiss.

And just for fun, bc the public was comparing them: all in all I like Great Big Beautiful Life a lot more than The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, even though the plot twist in the end was pretty similar. Also The Last Great American Dynasty is my favorite Folklore song, so I was ecstatic when getting to know Henry wrote a book inspired by it and it definitely didn’t disappoint.

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kateywaldhart's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

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deelightfulreads's review against another edition

3.75

lighthearted mysterious 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: No

i don’t really know how i feel about this one. while i really enjoyed parts, obviously emily henry’s writing and banter is always amazing, some of the quotes really stuck with me but it felt too much like two different books in one. i wish we got more of alice and hayden together than we did of the secondary story. while i enjoyed the biography they were hoping to write, it felt like it overpowered the relationship and when they did get together, it felt very rushed and insta-lovey. i wish we would’ve found out the plot twist sooner and then seen how they navigated it together. i would still recommend but know that the romance felt more of a subplot.

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ohsodevine_96's review against another edition

5.0

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

One of the most beautiful books I've ever read. I already want to read it again. I don't know how Emily Henry does it but het writing gets better and better everytime.

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davy_reads's review against another edition

3.5

medium-paced

The author's writing style was distracting to me again (repetitive words), and the ending was too vague.

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kimapede's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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mimo_'s review against another edition

4.75

medium-paced

yknow what idk where all the slander is coming from for this book i thought it was fun and i like the interview style and jumping between margarets story and theirs (a hayden pov couldve gone crazy i think) it was by no means a slow burn but i thought it was fun anyway

THE ENDING???????? I KNEW SMN WAS BREWING HERE IN THAT LAST 10% I COULD SMELL IT IN THE AIR AND I WAS RIGHT

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