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Happy Place by Emily Henry

211 reviews

gcoulsxn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, and Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy

kelisabeth's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, Pregnancy, Grief, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

ktv's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

So cute and captivating. I love these characters. I love how the side characters weren’t even side characters, but they had lives and personalities of their own. A story about (mis)communication, growing up, and always finding a place where you belong with the people you love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content and Mental illness

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Infidelity

abby_can_read'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

4.0

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I enjoy Emily Henry books. This was good and I enjoyed reading it. I think Henry's books follow the same trope - the characters not talking and accepted their assumptions despite it being oblivious to others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy

camiclarkbooks's review

funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-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

3.5

“Happy Place” was a cute romance that handled themes of grief and growing up well, but it didn’t live up to the hype (in my personal, private opinion). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Drug use

edietz22's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Chronic illness, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Minor: Chronic illness, Medical content, Vomit, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

aylalynnwhite's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.25

Julia Whelan just does such a great job narrating, and I think this book may have bored me a bit more without her talents. I do love a slow burn romance, but this one maybe was too slow? I got a little bored in the middle, and I felt like the the "conflict" in the relationship was just as deep as one in a Hallmark movie -

just lack of communication.

Like, I wasn't rooting for them lol and also!

Was I supposed to catch that she hated being a doctor??? That seemed out of nowhere to me!

Would probs try Ms. Henry again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Minor: Bullying, Classism, Medical content, and Mental illness

gabriellesimpson's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent

kiwichill's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad slow-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

4.0

Nice light read about love, friendship, family, belonging.  Sometimes our family is people we've chosen, who understand our true selves and love us no matter what

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Chronic illness, Classism, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness