Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Verliebt in deine schönsten Seiten by Emily Henry

89 reviews

gemstixs's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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 looked up from the page several times to say aloud, “god this is good”. i dropped a few expletives in regards to how beautifully written this book was. i shed a few tears and hastily swiped the running mascara from under my eyes while riding the metro home. i am eternally grateful that emily henry wrote this book. and i am eternally grateful that i read it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, and Suicide

sophiapinheiro's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

annabella's review against another edition

relaxing medium-paced

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

2.75

Average, didn’t really connect with the characters and some bits made me roll my eyes because they were so cliche and cringey

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Sexual assault

genny's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Eep. The first couple of chapters had me really excited. I thought it was so meta; instead of playing into familiar tropes, we get a couple (both writers) who discuss these tropes and make fun of them while acknowledging why they work.  Just when I think we're going to dive headfirst into a cliche

(for example, Gus and January communicating via handwritten notes that they show through their windows)

, Henry subverts it by acknowledging it

(January writing "This is like that Taylor Swift song")

. January's defense of the romance genre was bitingly funny at times. Gus manages to be ~brooding and mysterious~ without being an asshole. I enjoyed how he bantered with her but was sincere when he needed to be.

That said, the melodrama heightened pretty quickly and I found myself wincing more and more as I neared the end. I really don't like miscommunication (or lack of communication) as a plot device, and so I wanted to shake January by the shoulders multiple times to get her to stop her ruminating. Things went from cheesy in a self-aware way to just plain cheesy; it's like the story set itself up to prove that the romance genre had more to offer beyond stereotypes, and then it...didn't do that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

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

kettleen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicide

btg's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A truly spectacular romance book, "Beach Read" gets my five-star rating for the following reasons: 

1. Despite being a romance book, it doesn't feel like eating pure sugar. By including Gus's character, Henry creates a world that is, at times, truly awful -- and yet the characters manage to earn their happy ending anyway. 
2. A spectacularly creative premise, grounded in realistic experience
3. The wonderful emotional hurt/comfort scenes that hit all the notes 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

The premise of the book starts with the death of a major character's parent, and one major character arc is on reconciling that character's adultery. Main characters discuss a parent's previous battle with cancer, but the cancer remains in remission throughout the entire book timeline and said character only shows up a couple of times. A side plot on the book focuses on investigating a suicide cult; multiple side characters interview with the main characters, describing specifics (though not graphically) and at one point the main characters visit the site of the cult. Physically and emotionally abusive practices of the cult are discussed, though again, not graphically. A major character has a backstory of emotional and physical abuse from a parent which largely forms their character arc. The abuse itself is never depicted, but is discussed and consequences are clear in the character's actions.

Said major character admits to having a mental health disorder, taking medication and being in therapy; it's a one-off line, and the specifics of this and diagnosis in question are never discussed.

A major character vomits in the carnival scene, prompting the other major character to admit they are emotophobic. Said emetophobia is brought up a couple more times (sometimes in a teasing fashion), but usually handled respectfully. If a reader skips a few lines, they can get past the part of the vomit scene that is potentially triggering.

klavanger's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

While this book falls into some of the typical troupes of rom-com books, it was still fantastic. The characters were believable in their grief and trauma, but still so lovable! I got this book from the library, but I'm probably going to go buy it so that I can re-read it!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

kitausu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely adored this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Suicide, and Vomit

*Minor: Car Accident mentioned. A character within a book written in the story is hit by a truck. Briefly described.

elisabethjoe's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide