Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Beach Read by Emily Henry

719 reviews

mariposa517's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing 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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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use

amselot's review against another edition

3.0

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Vomit

fromkrystalmiller's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-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, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Death of parent

sharrikloves's review against another edition

2.5

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i really feel like this there isn’t much here but an insta-live romance and a third act conflict that is entirely guided by miscommunication and solved in three point five seconds 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.0

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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of the three Emily Henry books I’ve read, this one has the best “falling togetherness” of the two main characters. It feels like a realistic love story in that the characters are simply living their lives the best they can, so there’s less external pressure from plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse

takarakeireads's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny 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

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Gus is the best. That is all.
That and Emily Henry is the queen of witty banter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

Gus the other MC is writing a book about cults, and they talk to someone for research and visit a former cult site.

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse

pandalesque's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Somehow I think it helps me not to expect a real human (in my case heterosexual male) to be like the fictional characters I read when the author (identifying as female) only writes from the MFC perspective. Also maybe goes to more accurate represenation?
But also I really enjoy getting the other human's thoughts and feelings when reading a romance and when they have spicy scenes... And I think I seem to get annoyed about being in one person's head when doubting and rehashing things time and time again... Though I didn't have too much experience in single POVs in romance. So I think I'm coming out neutral on the one single POV story telling.

I didn't like
- Calling them January and Augustus... almost made me *uke (sorry Gus).
- I found January annoying and a little difficult to find smth beneath the surface (her being anything else than a product of her surroundings' situations/her environment)
- In my opinion the love story was little too easy
- the final 3rd act conflict... well I'm still waiting for an actual good one in any romance books I read so this is not only a beach read thing

I enjoyed
+ Friendship between J. and S.
+ quick, funny and intelligent banter
+ writing style
+ Didn't expect the whole plot point about research for each other's genre, which added a layer of depth to it I enjoyed.
+ Reflections on writing / authors ...
+ talk about the romance genre

Spice /Smut level:
1.75-2/5🔥 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt

joni_smits's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Vomit, Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury

beccaand's review against another edition

4.0

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Infidelity