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Happy Place by Emily Henry

9 reviews

bringmybooks's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

you’re either gonna love it or hate it and idk what to tell you

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I honestly & truly don’t think this book is going to be for everyone, and I honestly & truly don’t think all of Emily Henry is for everyone (4 starred her first two, lukewarm on them in retrospect, DNFed Book Lovers, don’t @ me). All of that being said, I honestly & truly loved this book.

(Also, did I finally break down and decide to read this because the MC loves Murder She Wrote? no comment)

There are some books that I think have universal appeal, and others that hit harder because of the life you’ve lived and the experiences you’ve had, and I think that was a huge part of why this hit so well for me. I can totally understand why people would look at this and go “miscommunication trope at it’s finest, yawn” but (as someone who’s not typically a fan of this trope) I felt this was a super realistic portrayal of trying to figure out who you are and what you want as you grow older, especially as you try to do it in a relationship with someone you love who is growing up alongside you.

One of my gripes with some of EH’s work is that it’s too … quippy. Nobody can be “on” 24/7, zinging barbs back and forth with whomever they come across from the moment they open their eyes until the moment they go to bed. Sometimes even the quippiest person just calls their partner and says, “Hey, do we need milk?” without there being a joke attached to it, you know?

That being said, I felt that that the characters in this book were way more realistic, and I actually believed in them, which made it a lot easier to stay invested in the story & in their relationships. It’s got so much heart in the way that growing up in a friend group is described, especially as we start to want different things that don’t align with how our friends or partners are growing up.

tl;dr this one brought me back to EH and I’ll be giving her next one a read!

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k_readingmorenow's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Like the other Emily Henry books I've listened to, I really enjoy the dialogue. It feels very real and the banter is wonderful. I think this books characters were way more self reflective in such a short timespan than might be possible, but the realizations and thought processes felt very real and familiar to me. It does feel pretty psychologically focused, a bit parentally determined, but it was an enjoyable read and definitely pulled at my heartstrings!

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bookboxbabe's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

ugghhhhhh the miscommunication in this book made me want to scream. just talk to each other, it really isn’t that hard

anything julia whelan narrates i’ll listen too though, so her reading it made it enjoyable. and i cried a little. damn you win.

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kshertz's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Usually Emily Henry is a five star but it’s hard to feel sorry for rich people for me😅. It was still a super great amazing romantic book, it just wasn’t the most amazing ever. Still, a total fun beach read that I recommend!

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noceur's review against another edition

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

this was an okay read for me. i don't like second chance romances and i hate miscommunication but i decided to try reading it cuz it's Emily Henry. tbh i didn't feel the romance between the "main couple" because in the present our fmc has all these negative feelings about him and even though there are flashbacks it did not feel like love just maybe two people attracted to each other ? idk . and the miscommunication my god they were stupid sometimes but i also kinda get them. character wise i didn't like wyn he felt flat because the pov is from our fmc who has all these negative feelings about him but also she wants to jump his bones however i liked harriet even though she had her moments i realted to her in some parts but i didn't liked her ending, it felt rushed to me

u really want me to believe even though she had all these anxiety about how things were going to being cured and dropping her job for pottery ?

and the otehr friends also felt kinda flat but overall there were some good scenes and i wasn't bored or anything so it was an okay read

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