Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Happy Place by Emily Henry

271 reviews

lizardbet's review

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

way more emotionally intelligent than i ever expected, and i spent a hefty chunk of the last third or so quietly crying to myself trying not to wake up my boyfriend sleeping next to me (not that it’s specifically sad or anything, but the stories of changing and growing and these complicated romantic and platonic relationships hit me like a truck).

much less fluffy than i thought when i picked it up but also i couldn’t put it down? it kept me on my toes and i didn’t ever quite know where things were going but in a good way, and i liked the ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy

Alcohol -

There is quite a bit of drinking, and drinking to excess in a party setting or because of some kind of emotional turmoil, primarily in the earlier half of the book

Chronic illness -

The male lead’s mother has Parkinson’s, and there is discussion around this and her caretaking that is plot relevant

Death of a Parent -

The male lead’s father passed away, and the finding out and aftermath are both discussed in flashback and active story

xelasrecords's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

He’s become my best friend the way the others did: bit by bit, sand passing through an hourglass so slowly, it’s impossible to pin down the moment it happens. When suddenly more of my heart belongs to him than doesn’t, and I know I’ll never get a single grain back.

He’s a golden boy. I’m a girl whose life has been drawn in shades of gray. I try not to love him.

I really try.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Reading Emily Henry's books is always an emotional and highly personal experience and this was no different. While I'm still more Nora from Book Lovers than Harriet here, some aspects of her life, like her people pleasing and holding onto a career that she hates because that's what she believes she should do, struck a chord in me. It's like I was reading the past me's experiences, the book validating my hard choices back then. I cried 8 times (I'm a crying tally keeper).

Wyn is so nice and sincere, not just with Harriet but everybody else as well. I appreciate that there's no jealousy among the large cast ensemble and their flaws aren't annoying. I sympathised with most of them and could find bits of myself in Cleo's strict boundaries and Wyn's plummeting mental health. Also, Sabrina, Cleo, and Harriet's friendship reminded me of the film Someone Great! I love reading about trio best friends.

Unlike Emily's other novels, there's a film of melancholia blanketing this since the broken-up couple has to pretend to be together for their one last trip with their best friends. But when the scene is flirty, Emily strikes with her signature banter. I was endlessly in awe of how she transformed mundane interactions into something so charged with chemistry. And props to the safe sex endorsement!

I think her books always make such an impression on me because they're filled with little meaningful life lessons. They're not preachy, rather they're something you can only write because you've experienced them. This is a wonderfully done second chance romance. Sad, heartwarming, realistic and bittersweet. There's so much love within everyone.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Mental illness and Pregnancy

allisonbraun's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Death

alexelli's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Chronic illness

Minor: Alcohol, Medical content, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy

immovabletype's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

I laughed, I cried, I swooned; I did all three at the same time and ended up choking on my own spit. Emily Henry is my happy place.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Mental illness, Cursing, Drug use, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Medical content, Vomit, Chronic illness, and Infidelity

friedfae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Rooting for all the characters to succeed! One of the characters is a little too self-absorbed, but everyone else was enjoyable. 

Relationship (platonic & romantic) advice: COMMUNICATE!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy

lynds_13's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse, Chronic illness, and Pregnancy

mandathebiblio's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

This is my second Emily Henry book and, while I enjoyed it enough, I don't think it gave me what Book Lovers did while I was reading that. That's not to say that this wasn't good, but I just found that it wasn't my favorite. I didn't like the lack of communication even though I could understand why they would be hesitant to talk after they finally go around to doing so.

I still think that Emily Henry's writing is one that I really enjoy, though. I definitely will be reading more and I'm really looking forward to doing so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy

bookshelvesandbookcorners07's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

- really good quotes
- amazing story about love and friendship
- did find myself zoning out sometimes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy

- death is mentioned but not explicit description - characters do drink a couple of times throughout the story - one of the characters becomes pregnant but it doesn’t take over the whole story