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Stora vackra liv by Emily Henry

358 reviews

mariposa517's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful 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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kgc8's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny 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

Ultimately, this felt more like a literary fiction/woman's fiction book than a romance as the parts that stuck with me were Margaret Ives's story and life. Her tales about her wealthy, scandalous family and how they influenced her life and choices were so interesting that I would have happily read more about them, even if they also made me cry.

Some elements of the book, like the narrative device and the private life of a celebrity, reminded me of the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

The romance between Alice and Hayden took a backseat. While I liked them and their chemistry, so much of the book and page count revolves around Margaret instead of their internal lives. Their sexual tension is well done, and their compatibility is obvious, but it made it harder to develop their growth together from simple caring acts to love.

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ecmo1's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

About half of this is devoted to the memories of Margaret, an elderly hermit and former paparazzi headliner from a line of uber rich, messy people. Alice and Hayden are journalists who Margaret sets up as potential memoir writers for her story, competing for the chance to author the book. Of course, they fall in love (the other 50% of the story). I thought this was fine, but there were some side character dropped plots and pacing issues that could’ve made it all hang together a little better. It could’ve also used a little more showing and a little less telling, especially in Hayden’s part of the story. There’s a lot of random (past) trauma. Overall, not my favorite or least favorite Emily Henry book.

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booksemmahasread's review against another edition

4.0

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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serena_hien's review against another edition

3.75

funny hopeful 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: Complicated

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ms_elchert's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad fast-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: Yes

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abbypeekreads's review against another edition

5.0

emotional lighthearted mysterious 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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meg_'s review against another edition

3.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was just alright for an Emily Henry novel. For the most part, I did enjoy it, but I also found it to be lacking in a lot of ways.

I really loved reading and learning about Margaret. Her life story, her love story, her family. I loved all of it and wish that we got more time in her story. That also leads to my main complaint, which is that I feel like the split between the two stories left each story feeling very incomplete. Ultimately, I didn't care very much for Alice and Hayden's storyline and the whole time I was reading it all I wanted was to hear more about Margaret.

I think both storylines could have used more fleshing out and development of the characters and the whole story would have been better, but as it is, it's just alright.

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mels_reading_log's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Alice and Hayden are rival authors competing for a job in a small coastal town in Georgia. He is the grumpy to her sunshine and she is the opposite that he is attracted to. As they try to win this dream job and figure out the true story to report on, they grow closer. I really enjoyed this book, all of the characters have so much depth and backstory. I also loved how the author was able to describe the setting and that sticky heat that comes with summers in the south.

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rebeccagracewilson126's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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