Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

21 reviews

edietz22's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

transcendent's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

4.75

I am an Emily Henry lover first and a reader second ☝️
no but fr following Nora and Libby to Sunshine Falls to sort out their own sibling relationship (amongst other things), coincidentally finding Nora's editorial rival

Mr. Big Dick himself

Charlie, and seeing the romance be the subplot of the whole story for a book this genre was so refreshing that I feel like it hit better the second time.
I do however wish the last chapter (not epilogue) was expanded on with one more inbetween chapter just for the sake of the pacing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Medical trauma

heytherekaity's review

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

tsodeur's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.75

“That's life. You're always making decisions, taking paths that lead you away from the rest before you can see where they end. Maybe That's why we as a species love stories so much. All those chances for do-overs, opportunities to live the lives we'll never have. “

Another lovely escapist novel by Emily Henry. I’ll never not read her stories. The laughs, the tears, the witty and flirty banter between characters. It is everything I want and need from novels.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Grief

embelle's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Queen Emily Henry has done it again….I was hooked within the first few pages, and absolutely devoured this book. Book Lovers had me smiling, laughing, emotional, contemplating, just all of the things. These books are so relatable, funny, heartwarming, reflective of the human experience - Emily Henry is just magic. Charlie may also now be my #1 Emily Henry love interest (sorry Gus) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Abandonment

lara_r's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma

akswhy's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

Expertly crafted characters with incredible banter. Some of the more romantic dialogue was little too mushy for me, and at times there was almost too much plot, but the vibes were stellar.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Medical trauma and Medical content

Minor: Child abuse

samreadssometimes's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense 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

i did not think i would like this book (i don't seem like it's primary audience), but i LOVED it. it was funny and sweet and made me cry and it was SO GOOD. i would recommend this to everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Medical content

amre23's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical trauma, Cursing, Mental illness, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Misogyny, and Cancer

sarah_who_reads's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

 The backstory of this book is delightful: Emily Henry wanted to write a story about the uptight woman in New York in a Hallmark Channel-style romance, who gets dumped when her boyfriend gets sent by his job to rural America and meets a small-town girl who's trying to save the family business. Nora is the woman in New York: she works in publishing, never cries, organizes everything for both herself and her sister, and is, indeed, pretty uptight. When her sister, Libby, begs her to come on a road trip to the sleepy North Carolina town where Nora's client's best-selling book is set, Nora reluctantly agrees, only to arrive and immediately run into her nemesis, Charlie Lastra, the editor who rejected the same best-selling book. It's a romance, so you know where this goes, but the premise alone should be enough to suck you in.

I liked this book for a lot of the reasons I like all of Emily Henry's books: there's travel; the sub-plot revolves deals with grief in an authentic way that resonates a lot with me; the protagonists have sizzling chemistry. However, I do wonder how long it will take for Henry to write some people of color into her books. Like, is she nervous about writing outside her own experience? Can she not get some beta readers? These are my more generous interpretations of why there are no people of color in the book; I hope she remedies this issue in the next book. Also, for me personally, sickeningly-sweet or close sister relationships feel inauthentic and I thus find them rather off-putting (especially Libby called Nora "Sissy" - gag), but maybe others are totally here for this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy