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Beach Read by Emily Henry

973 reviews

noellegrace8's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment

chelseaisreading's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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

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INJECT THIS DIRECTLY INTO MY BLOODSTREAM — Emily Henry deserves nothing but love and happiness for making books this fun to read while still tugging at my heart. The YEARNING!

I will say this is really a HFN than an HEA if you’re a purist, but I still loved these two and how meta it got at times. It makes me want to write 💛

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent

hyithia's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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good first:

• I felt like this dealt with the complexities of familial relationships well
• I do enjoy a slow burn
• the overall premise of switching book genres was interesting
• well developed characters, each one felt unique and like there had been thought put into them, which is not common for side characters 

dislikes:

• the writing style. it gave me the major ick. way too millennial and trying way too hard to be edgy. seems like others really love this style but unfortunately it just makes me cringe. 
• Everett. why are we glorifying a man who is so emotionally unavailable? it's giving "I can fix him".
• "beach read". is the beach in the room with us? there were a couple of beach scenes but honestly this book really should have been called "house read".
• what even was that whole thing about Everett liking January in college? and treating her poorly because he liked her? hate that.

overall:

• I found this book to be problematic. if you don't think too hard while reading it, maybe you'll enjoy it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Death of parent

peachmoni's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional reflective 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent

vereadsbooks's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

sophk8's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

hakins259's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny sad 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

jeanne_burge20's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse

lise_atelier's review against another edition

2.5

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I had high hopes for this story after all of the rave reviews on social media. Off the back of Happy Place, this story was a chore to finish. There were portions of interest but those feelings did not last long. I found this story boring. I tried reading and listening to no avail. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief

Minor: Cancer

kateywaldhart's review against another edition

5.0

dark hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Abandonment