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Beach Read by Emily Henry

101 reviews

helena_chris's review against another edition

2.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It's not really a beach read in my opinion, and also not as lighthearted as I'd expected. I enjoyed the first third of book but then just kind of lost interest in the storyline??

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librarydiaryofdw's review against another edition

4.75

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

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inkerly's review against another edition

4.0

challenging funny hopeful reflective sad 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

This book was fully ‘Taylor Swift - Fearless Album’ coded and I’m not mad at it. The author is a Swiftie with a flair for white woman romance and her pen game shows it. She managed to bring a story that could’ve been a dull trope-y mess to life in a humorous and sweet way.

I’m not the target audience for a book like this so I can’t even lie and say I loved the book. I think people who like quirky girl-sad boy romances but for adults with real world problems will like this. What I will say is the story was great and I’m glad the characters got their HFN ending

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cara_wiss's review against another edition

4.0

emotional 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: Complicated

My first Emily Henry read. Definitely not what I expected, took me a bit of time to get into but I think that’s why I enjoyed it. It ended up being deeper than I initially thought.

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alexxmichelle's review against another edition

5.0

hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Super fun brain off book that still manages to say something important. Highly recommend!

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gremilem's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

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emoryjoy's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

I've been in a reading slump for the last few months and I am very glad this the book that broke me out out of it.

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grumpyreading's review against another edition

4.0

emotional 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: Complicated

🏝️ Beach Read by Emily Henry 🏝️

MY RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Augustus Everett, a literary fiction author, and January Andrews, a romance writer, are polar opposites. Both struggling with writer's block, they end up in neighboring beach houses for the summer. They strike a deal: Augustus will write something happy, while January will tackle the Great American Novel. She’ll show him romantic spots; he’ll take her to interview cult members. No one will fall in love. Really.

Emily Henry does it again! I read this book a few years ago and didn’t like it, and now that I’ve been reading all of her other books I decided to try again and really enjoyed it. I loved January and Gus, and felt a lot of what they were dealing with felt very real and helped them develop as characters. Their backstories were not one-dimensional, and I feel like they made sense together. Like her other books, this one talked about some intense topics and the characters were definitely going through things, but it still felt lighthearted and sweet. I’d love to have read this on a beach!

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