Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Beach Read by Emily Henry

220 reviews

kat_andherbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

.25 for the miscommunication and another .25 for not being able to name either of their private parts. the synonyms kinda bothered me. 
but, overall, the premise was very well executed, as promised. i did have high hopes going into this and it did not disappoint. i bawled my eyes out towards the end. I loved, i haven’t read a romance book in a while and this was perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

erikabites's review

hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

megancourter's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

This is the second Emily Henry book to make me cry because the characters and struggles seem so real. Your heart breaks when theirs do from the achingly honest writing. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

c_ary's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Infidelity, Cancer, Child abuse, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Domestic abuse

elentiya_13's review

dark emotional lighthearted relaxing tense slow-paced

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

3.0

It took me a while to finish the book, mainly because I didn't find it very interesting. I had to read about 50 % of thr book to really care about what was going on. The topic in the book were pretty dark and depressing but thing definitely picked up after 50% of the book. 

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Content Warnings

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

bethoftheburgh's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Infidelity

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

palindrometodd's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad 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

4.5

I love all of Emily Henry's books and loved this one! It held darker themes than a lot of her others, and stuff I wasn't expecting, but it just added depth to a well-rounded novel. It's a brilliant and nuanced look at grief and losing a parent, and how it can impact your world view. The characters were brilliant and as always the actual romance was 🔥🔥🔥. I especially love her dialogue between characters! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Confinement

Minor: Child death

There is content that may take you by surprise in the discussion of cults, coercive control, abuse, and murder within the cult. The death of a parent and surrounding grief is pivotal to the plot and throughout. There is also a lot of discussion of infidelity

bookworm_haley's review

emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol

mmadill227's review

emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcohol and Car accident

memoirsofabooklover's review

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? Yes

3.5

i enjoyed this. i was scared that finally reading emily henry, it wouldn’t live up to the hype but this was a really lovely love story.

i loved that they were writers and they spent the plot trying to write in each other’s genres, whilst both trying to work through their own grief. despite all of this they grew and changed but became perfect imperfect versions of who they already were.

the spice was pretty good and there was some pretty writing in there too. it was a quick and easy read, with emotions but not heart-wrenching.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity, Cancer, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Vomit, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Physical abuse, Deadnaming, Alcoholism, and Fire/Fire injury

multiple discussions about a cult and people who had been one