Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Beach Read by Emily Henry

713 reviews

yilliun's review against another edition

4.0

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful 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

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse

eclecticallyreading's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

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What happens when you end up living next door to your college rival/crush in a house your dad bought with his mistress? Apparently romance if you are January! I really loved this one, I thought January and Gus were really enjoyable characters to get to know, and I absolutely adore a grump who has also been pining for her for *AGES* :chefskiss: 
A really nice quick read, it had the perfect balance of substantive plot and emotional trauma for the characters to work through, while also being a sweet story of these two hurt people coming together and finding each other through all of the past traumas they have and becoming happier (for now) people because of their relationship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent

The death of parent is not via cancer, but there is both parent with cancer and parent death in this. Also the book involves interviewing people who were associated with a suicide cult as a part of book research

amy_in_the_city's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury

robbi22's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Vomit

angelalibrosymiscelaneas's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful 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: N/A

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent

jenna_lynn's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful fast-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

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Cute summer romance, but also dives into deeper themes like grief, loss, and choosing to love after heartbreak. I loved the dynamic between the main characters and the premise of the writer’s bet was fun and creative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse

walrus710's review against another edition

3.75

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

booksbie's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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I unironically love angst 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent

miss_berry315's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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I didn't expect to cry so much in a feel-good, summer romance, but here we are! 
I appreciate the realistic and complex characters dealing with real life issues. I do wish the blurb for the book had at least mentioned that grief / death of a parent would be a huge motivator for the plot. 

That being said, the romance itself took up the majority of the story and really felt like watching a rom-com. 

Overall a nice read, but definitely check the CWs and make sure you're in the right place to read it! 

I will absolutely be checking out more books by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Suicide, Fire/Fire injury