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Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Medical content, Dementia, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Classism
Graphic: Mental illness, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy
Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content, Car accident, Pregnancy
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent
Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol
Moderate: Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent
Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy
And that’s just what GBBL is, aptly named. Although not your typical EmHen romcom, I really loved this new foray into more of a solid contemporary fiction with romance elements. I don’t think it should really be considered a mystery, as some marketing suggested. Of course I would’ve been okay with more of said romance (I adored Alice and Hayden) but at the same time, I don’t think the story-within-the-story really took away from that, either. Margaret’s life story (and her family secrets) was really interesting to me and essentially, it did link everything in the book together. You couldn’t have Alice and Hayden’s romance without what brought them together on that little Georgia island. And come on—an EmHen book where one or both of the protagonists are writers? I’m sold before I’ve even finished reading the synopsis.
This book did remind me a lot of “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo”, which others have pointed out. I love both, independent of each other, though they do share some similarities. But at the end of the day, this still reads like an EmHen book, and, dare I say… that’s one of my favorite things to witness in this great big beautiful life.
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Medical content, Alcohol
Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Abortion, Gaslighting
I wouldn't say I disliked it, but it felt like it lacked that banter and relationship building Henry does well in her other books because there were so much of the book was dedicated to Margaret's story.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Car accident, Pregnancy
and the ending was underwhelming.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy
Minor: Drug use, Mental illness, Abandonment