Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Stora vackra liv by Emily Henry

368 reviews

kashtonnnn's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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So different from Emily Henry’s other works but she’s still writing about love— but it’s generational love and the way it makes us who we are, and we live for/because of the people who get us that far. The pathways were very carefully woven between Margaret’s story and Alice’s and Hayden’s, and I really liked the parallels. I only wish Emily’s publishers gave her more time so it could have even more. Anyway, I’m going to be thinking about unicursal, labyrinthian life pathways for a long time. Loved that ending. Overall it felt like a big hug, which was really nice and needed. Speaking of, I want a Hayden hug fr bc wow

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting

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meredith_williams_'s review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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If you have critiques about this book, tell them to literally anyone else but me! Because this was a perfect love story and I won’t hear otherwise. ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Car accident

Minor: Cursing, Pregnancy

ladylindsalot's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious 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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This book definitely has “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” vibes for me. Definitely not beat for beat but there are a lot of similarities. And because that is one of my favorite books of all time, I thoroughly enjoyed this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Death

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Pregnancy, Abandonment

njawadian's review against another edition

2.0

lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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Every Emily Henry novel I’ve had has had this thing, this pulse. A deeply set humanity between the lines. And, I wanted so badly to love this because I’ve loved all the others in their own ways. But, I was left feeling like Schmidt glancing at a restaurant menu in the Dice episode of New Girl as he said, “They got pizza, gelato, Tikka Masala. A raw bar. This place is doing too much. They can't be doing all this right.”

This place was, in fact, doing too much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol

hheartbooks's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny lighthearted 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

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Death of parent

coligmueller's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Car accident, Death of parent

kwesterbeck's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Blood

kirstym25's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful 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, Grief, Death of parent

laneyreadz's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Car accident

Minor: Pregnancy

meghanm404's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Gaslighting, Abandonment