Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Stora vackra liv by Emily Henry

4 reviews

shiradfrankel's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

sangsmiles's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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As always with Emily Henry, I read this within a day. Best summer vibes, loved this tiny island and all its weird characters. I also think she should explore more genres in the future because the Margaret Ives story was brilliant! Overall, I really enjoyed reading this.

My only issue would probably be that the stories together felt too tight. I'd rather have had one or the other expanded on, but this way was a bit squashed together, especially the last third.

I liked Alice and Hayden (more Hayden) and loved some of the romantic moments, but the main connection felt underdeveloped, which is not what I'm used to with Emily Henry.

(Also, while I'm here, why did they wait so long to have sex? Especially after doing all the other stuff that was basically sex? I'm baffled.)

That said, falling in love within two weeks is very Ives of Hayden, I rate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Grief, Sexual harassment

Minor: Violence, Car accident

maddiebusick's review against another edition

2.75

emotional funny hopeful 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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The main romance kind of drove me insane but loved the historical story! Guessed the twist like way early too I think it would be more fun if I hadn’t

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness, Sexual harassment

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