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Beach Read

Emily Henry

4.07 AVERAGE

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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i gave this book like a 4 star at first, but then literally a few days later im like ‘nah that was 5 star material’. the banter in this book was written so perfectly and there was so much chemistry between january and gus i just LOVED them.
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5/5⭐


"Eso era lo que siempre me había gustado de leer, lo que me había llevado a escribir. Esa sensación de que se estaba tejiendo un mundo nuevo a tu alrededor como una telaraña y tú no te podías mover hasta que se te revelara por completo."


⛱️Primera lectura del 2023, IDEAL para leer en enero. Me la devoré porque es una novela romántica que se deja leer, prosa ágil con diálogos que tienen frases bellísimas, sino además hay risas, un bloqueo escritor por parte de January y Gus, nuestros protagonistas acompañado de un tire y afloja ya que el primer encuentro entre ellos será cargado de ironías. 

⛱️Ojo: No es cien por cien una comedia romántica porque la trama contiene una alta carga de dramatismo.

⛱️Es un libro ideal no sólo para los que son escritores, sino también para nosotros, los amantes de los libros.

⛱️El dramatismo, al final del libro, la autora explica cómo vivió ella el bloqueo lector y del que somos testigos en los personajes, de modo que ví en la protagonista a la propia autora.

⛱️Brevemente, January Andrews es una escritora que ama las novelas románticas con sus finales felices y tras la muerte repentina de su padre se entera de ser heredera de una pequeña casa a la orilla del lago en Michigan. Hasta allí se muda donde tendrá que enfrentar una verdad muy dura: la doble vida de su padre. Pero no es solo eso, sino que además su novio la ha dejado y para completar, debe entregar un manuscrito a principios de septiembre. Y la hoja está en blanco. January tiene un bloqueo por todas las emociones que está viviendo.
¿Puede empeorar su situación? ¡Claro que sí! Su primera noche en la casa del lago, ve que su vecino está dando una fiesta y parece ser bastante gruñón. El problema es que “su vecino” es alguien a quien January conoce y con el cual tiene cuentas pendientes.

⛱️Él es Augustus, “Gus”, escritor de novelas serias, que está atravesando un bloqueo y detecta los finales felices.Hace cinco años que vive en la pequeña localidad de Michigan a orillas del lago y pese a que parece ser un escritor de renombre y de éxito, su vida no es lo que parece. Aparte de no ser una persona demasiado sociable, también carga con un pasado y en cuanto a las relaciones es un hombre cero compromiso. Hasta que conoce a January y descubre que ella en realidad no le es tan desconocida.

⛱️Y una apuesta será lo que los hará verse y encontrarse más de lo que desean, aparte de ser vecinos durante el verano. Deberán ponerse uno en lugar del otro. 

⛱️Como dije arriba me lo devoré porque la trama esconde diálogos y frases que hacen referencia al duelo y en lo personal calaron hondo en mí. Pero además, el lector es testigo de cómo Gus y January van tejiendo, armando, investigando, o sea, dándole forma cada uno a su libro sin olvidar la presencia de un club de lectura, que en mi opinión fue muy divertido leer.

⛱️Una novela romántica contemporánea que recomiendo, que está narrada por January y que mantiene en vilo al lector hasta el final y que plantea la pregunta de: ¿Son posibles los finales felices en la vida real tanto como sucede en la literatura romántica?

⛱️La lectura es subjetiva. Muchos tenían las expectativas muy altas con respecto a éste libro y terminaron no sé si decepcionados, pero, lo ven como una novela más. 

⛱️En mi caso, “La novela del verano” es una historia que contiene detalles y vivencias de los personajes presentándose muy humanos, que ríen, sufren, triunfan y por supuesto, cometen errores. Y vuelvo a repetir la pregunta en éste contexto: ¿Son posibles los finales felices en la vida real?

Deseando pronto que traduzcan al español “Booklovers”
lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

People  spoke highly about Emily Henry for so long I had to take a book on holiday with me! 

Beach Read was an enjoyable novel about two struggling authors who find each other’s company a good way to get out of a writing slump. 

I wouldn’t regard this novel as a full blown romance. Really, it’s a novel about the struggles of being an author with the chance that the two main characters develop feelings for each other. Apparently my holiday reads were all about burnout- which seems fair for how 2025 has treated me thus far. 

An enjoyable read and I believe a good introduction into @emilyhenrywrites 

4 ⭐️ 

Tropes:
🏖️ Competitors to lovers
🏖️ Close proximity
🏖️ Write each other’s genres
🏖️ He fell first but she didn’t know it 

Pros:
✅ Enemies to lovers- slow but powerful 
✅ Novel with a good storyline about burnout and the need to try new things 
✅Loveable main and side characters- LOVED PETE

Cons:
⭕️ Some parts were very slow, but good world building as all her books are currently standalone. 
funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense 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
emotional funny hopeful reflective 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: Complicated

چقدر شيرين ودوست داشتني بودي تو:)))
وچقدر ساحل كنارت كيف داد:))
emotional hopeful 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
emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

i was honestly so disappointed by this book :( i really enjoyed book lovers when i read it last year, so i was super excited to read henry's other novels, but this one just didn't do it for me. it took me a while to get invested in the story and characters, finally hit a sweet spot towards the middle of the book where i was interested and thought i might end up liking it, but lost interest again and disliked where it went near the end. 

i did not find the characters very likable and i found it especially hard to root for january (also who names someone january? june was right there! ugh). her decisions and attitude seem so immature for someone her age, but i will cut her some slack because of her daddy issues. speaking of which, is anyone else sick of the dead parent trope? i know i am :,) january and gus' family troubles and the cult b-plot definitely made this a much more emotional read when i was totally expecting something light, cute, and summery. i mean, they only read on the beach once!! and it's in the epilogue!! you're killing me, henry. 

i think my gripes with the plot/characters would've been easier to ignore if i liked the actual romance, but again, it just didn't work for me. didn't care for their style of flirting (the dialogue was so unrealistic and try-hard), wayyyyy too much miscommunication for two grown adults, and the sex scenes totally caught me off guard in a bad way. 

overall, i can totally understand why so many people love this, and if you are one of those people, no shame to you. there were some good parts, i loved the side characters, the main characters were redeemable at times, and i appreciate what the cult b-plot was trying to do as well as what henry was trying to do by tackling some heavier topics in this book. i simply could not suspend my disbelief to go along with the overall plot and the romantic tropes aren't for me. this definitely turned me off a bit to henry's wiritng, but i do not think it will not stop me from checking out her other books. i am definitely still curious about some of them and i think she includes very unique and compelling topics in her stories.

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