Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Beach Read by Emily Henry

111 reviews

elspethmigliore's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

this was such a sweet book. i love the main characters so much and i found them so much more relatable than other contemporary romance characters. i really enjoyed the setting of the story.

the only thing that was off-putting about the book was how slow it felt at times. it wasn’t the whole story, there were literally pages of miscommunication and frustration that i felt were not very important. also, gus’s speech at the end about naomi really frustrated me because he basically made it sound like he was ready to give up january for naomi. like even after everything they went through he dtill sounded ready to drop january completely. apart from that, he’s definitely one of my favorite book boyfriends. 

would definitely reread again ✅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Cursing

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Cancer, Medical trauma, Violence, Terminal illness, and Trafficking

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, and Car accident

edesia_16's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Infidelity, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Vomit

Minor: Vomit

loxeletters's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful

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

4.0

For what it was trying to achieve - being a romance book - it was very good. I was mostly interested in the writing aspects, but I did still enjoy the actual romance. I liked the character development and felt their problems, even the ones related to miscommunication, were believable and interesting. I only noticed some minor things that were a bit too cheesy or spelt-out too one the nose for me, but overall, a very solid book. I even cried a few times (to be fair, I cry easily).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Cancer, Alcohol, Cursing, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

ktv's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved Julia Whelan as the narrator for this. She rly bought to life all of the characters. Her voice is also nice. 
I liked the slow burn aspect and how the book centered around January and Gus’s problems. I thought it would be more grumpy x sunshine but I ended up liking it the way it was. I liked the second chance thing too. 
-0.5 stars because the spicy scenes were significantly different than the ones in take a hint, Dani brown and it threw me off. Definitely a me problem, not an Emily Henry problem! The order u read books in matters, and I shoulda taken that into account before diving into this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, Cancer, and Infidelity

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child death, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

eri_off_the_shelf's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Death of parent, Sexual content, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Vomit

marioosa517's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cursing, Alcohol, Grief, Sexual content, Infidelity, Child abuse, and Cancer

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use

joni_smits's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit, Child abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing and Fire/Fire injury

kimmy0__0's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infidelity, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Vomit

themagpiereads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

4.5

Another banger by Emily Henry. Admittedly, I didn't love it as much as People We Meet on Vacation, but this was a delight with Henry's hallmark banter and lively characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Cursing

Moderate: Infidelity, Cancer, Sexual content, and Death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

caitlin_hire's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing