Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Stora vackra liv by Emily Henry

361 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

lilalhreads's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring 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, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Car accident

smileymiley550's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny mysterious 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, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Infertility, Sexual content, Car accident, Pregnancy

cdoubet's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective 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

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Classism

Minor: Pregnancy

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

hensoncarmen's review against another edition

3.75

slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol

themagpiereads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Dementia, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

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

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

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

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

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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? 

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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