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Geweldig groots mooi leven

Emily Henry

4.08 AVERAGE

nicolebrk's review against another edition

3.0

nix halbes, nix ganzes, machste nix

estaten98's review against another edition

3.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

rainsbookreads's review against another edition

4.0

I honestly read this book with expectation of a full blown romance, and I am pleasantly surprised and satisfied with what I got! This is the first book I've read from Emily Henry and I do believe that this is a pretty good book to start with.

First of all, I did not expect to be heavy emotional scenes from the characters, much more for the plot twist because... what in the world?! I thought we were just competing for a book and now there are hidden family tree connections that got revealed? Not that I'm complaining for I actually liked that there were more than just romance, made me cry a bit for margaret and cosmo

bookishnerd80's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

ashlobennett's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

snugent730's review against another edition

I haven’t read Emily Henry since Book Lovers and was not disappointed by her latest release, a romance with a flare or historical fiction told through interviews of an elusive socialite of a bygone era. FMC, Alice Is a journalist, mainly celebrity periodicals and profiles (much to her hippie activist parent’s chagrin), unflinchingly upbeat & friendly (almost to the point of disbelief). But I can’t help but like Alice, following her dogged pursuit to land the book deal of a lifetime, a coveted glimpse into former starlet and oft scandalized Heiress turned recluse, Margaret Ives’s story, who is finally ready to bare all of her family secrets and intrigues (or so we think?!). The Catch? She must compete for a month in a small southern beach town against biographer darling and recent Pulitzer Prize winner, Hayden Anderson to earn the rights to do the story. Who also happens to be brooding, nonchalant, and of course hot (I pictured Hayden Christensen). The other catch? Margaret Ives is not telling the whole truth. Dating back to the gilded age and rise of print media to her foray into the limelight of 1950s, I loved how the novel went back and forth unspooling this history via Margaret’s accounts to Alice + snippets of the eventual biography and the present day storyline exploring themes of family, celebrity consumption culture, image, media, vocational anxiety, and of course love. This book wasn’t a page turner but one I found myself happy to return to—I love a book that explores family dynamics and enjoyed the romance between the two main characters. It was also nice to have a female protagonist who isn’t 5 ft 1 tiny human with a hulking 6’4” man (looking at you fantasy authors). I thought the ending, although pleasant, left more to be desired.