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Beach Read by Emily Henry

24 reviews

xandrav's review

emotional hopeful relaxing fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

urmominmybed69's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction and Cursing

Minor: Misogyny and Alcoholism

kaylaogle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction

anielabooks's review

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

This was a wonderful book. I am not surprised by that considering that I’ve read Emily Henry’s books before. The only disappointing part was that I expected to cry and didn’t. That definitely doesn’t take away from how much I loved the romance between the main characters. I think the book was also extremely funny at times. January and Gus’s banter was perfection, absolutely my favorite part. I also really appreciated how we got to see their books unfolded at the end. 100% would recommend this book for summer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Cancer, Death, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Murder, and Religious bigotry

amykwrites's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Addiction, and Physical abuse

toofondofbooks_'s review

emotional hopeful sad 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

I don't have a lot of things to say in a critical sense. I just really liked the vibes in this book. It dealt with a lot of themes around familial trauma and grief of people we knew / thought we knew. It wasn't really a light read the way that the title would suggest, but I was fine with that, because I really like romance to have depth to it and I really felt that this one did. I still like People We Meet On Vacation better, but this was pretty solid.

no thoughts just vibes you know

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Vomit, Cancer, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Addiction

ellipalmer's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

If you want something fluffy but that feels heartfelt and real, you'd do well with Beach Read. It's funny and just the right amount of emotional. It's steamy with just enough of a slow burn to really make the steamy scenes feel earned. So fun!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Violence and Addiction

laurelparkb's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I loved this book. It was funny and lighthearted. It felt like two friends who met and didn’t plan on falling in love but did. It felt realistic and warm. Would recommend and would read again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Alcohol

bookstorebinge's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Cancer, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Minor: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Vomit, Murder, Addiction, and Alcoholism

sunflowerlu's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

So…this is a (purposefully) misleading title, and I couldn’t be happier that it drew me in. By the end, I was ugly-crying and smiling through it. Sweet, romantic, steamy, heartbreaking, and so, so much more than I expected. It deeply resonated with me in many ways, and I fell in love with the characters and the writing, after going through the same thing with People We Meet On Vacation. Definitely one of my favourite books now!
I’d recommend going in without knowing much about the plot, and let it take you away. You won’t regret it, even through the ugly-crying at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Car accident, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture