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Beach Read by Emily Henry

961 reviews

addimoon's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

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Great story. Loved the sort of twist on the “grumpy + sunshine” trope, and how we all can have a mix of both. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Sexual content

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Alcohol

basegametownie's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent

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

Minor: Vomit

sarahmreads's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Physical abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Cheating, child neglect, suicidal cult, drunk driving, emesis

fatimaaa3's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse

themichellegray's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful 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: Yes

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This was my first Emily Henry book and I absolutely adored the entire reading experience!

Although this was a slow burn romance, the plot carrying the story forward was intriguing yet heartbreaking. Even when I was crying I had such a fun time reading and can't wait to pick up another one of her books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity

Minor: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury

bridget_sheppard's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

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I really enjoyed this book! It was well written, covered some tough topics, and was very sweet, with Emily Henry’s usual wit and emotion flowing throughout. I recommend!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse

ladyj95's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy

xvicesx's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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So, Beach Read. Almost as perfect as Funny Story was, and another excellent performance by Ms. Henry. 

January and Gus' story is incredibly sweet and relatable. Each with demons that they have to learn to fight, each needing to learn how to open up to each other. It's beautifully written, and all the better for missing the ubiquitous 3rd act breakup. 

It's a nice and slow buildup to love between these two, and you just can't help rooting for them to find love, to succeed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Death of parent

vic_and_twisted's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny reflective relaxing 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

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Beach Read is a huge comfort read for me. I love the setting, I love Emily Henry's balance of humor and hurt. This was the first Emily Henry book I ever read, and it feels like returning to a vacation rental: a safe and sunny space where I know exactly what's waiting for me, and I can just recharge.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abandonment

mommapajama83's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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

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I enjoyed the book until the ending. I felt like the ending was kind of a bummer.

I also just couldn’t get past the dad cheating on his dying wife. I also really felt like the characters were so broken and messed up that they weren’t going to last for very long past getting together.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol