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Beach Read by Emily Henry

115 reviews

starrymess's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Physical abuse

sebradley29's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, and Sexual content

khloereads86's review

emotional funny reflective medium-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

4.25

I loved this one so much more this time than the first time I read it a couple years ago. January & Gus <3 both healing and trying to be their best for themselves and each other. It was so sweet and funny and real. Emily Henry books always feel like home 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Infidelity, and Cancer

tifalockhvrt's review

emotional funny 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

4.5

At first it was pretty boring but maybe it had to do with the fact that I wasn't in a mood to read a romance book and I felt the writing was too much like a romance YA so I had to drop it and then I just kind of forgot about it, and when I finally felt in a good enough mood to read a romance I decided to give it a second chance... and I am SO glad I did.
It was so good, it was everything I didn't know I wanted in a romance story and all the characters feel so alive it's just wow 🩷
I owe you an apology Emily Henry. I wasn't really familiar with your game

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

hilary_b's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, and Physical abuse

mlottermoser's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

Dark subject material for something targeted as a beach read. Grump/Sunshine romance 
(Infidelity, cult research, grief)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

gabbylandis's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book was such a beautiful commentary on love, family, grief, loss, and growing into your career. I loved this book. Emily Henry’s insights on personal growth are simply inspiring and had me hooked. I also loved the journey of the writing process and how Janie and Gus’s writing coincided with the plot of the book. The ending was satisfying. 0.5 off for extremely misplaced sex scenes (who has a breakdown and then gets railed?!) and some… interesting… verb choices for touching someone else nicely (really? scraping???) but overall a great novel. Henry should be proud of herself. This is one I would return to again after sitting on it for a little.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Vomit

fanboyriot's review

lighthearted slow-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

2.0

Read For:
Quick Read

Hurt/Comfort

Summer Read

Author x Author

Beach Read (much like the title says)

Honestly, I wasn't feeling this one as much.  The characters were okay but at times really annoying.  The relationship felt rushed and a bit too forced.  After they admit their feelings it’s revealed they always felt that way since they were in college… it just kinda comes out of nowhere.  Then there was the ending.  I love romance books as much as the next person but that was way too cliché and just really annoying.  I will say I did like some of the banter was pretty good and I did like the cozy summer vibes it had.

(First Person POV)

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Rep: Idk

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Death, Alcohol, Cancer, and Cursing

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, and Vomit

aacinonyx's review

hopeful slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse and Child abuse

ellacat11's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

Great book, good characters and development. Ending was slightly sudden and could have used a bit more detail. Overall, I liked it but not as much as Henry’s other two books. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Cancer, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Sexism, Vomit, and Suicide

Description of cult, disturbing stories/descriptions of cult-related violence