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Beach Read by Emily Henry

959 reviews

yinzer_barbie's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, Death of parent

jls6283's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny 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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I can’t explain it, but there have been so many moments in Emily Henry’s books where I’ve thought “yes! I’ve felt that way and never knew how to express it.” 

One of my favorite quotes from this book

“How could I trust my own feelings? People were complicated. They weren’t math problems. They were collections of feelings, and decisions, and dumb luck. The world was complicated too - not a beautifully hazy French film, but a disastrous, horrible mess bespeckled with brilliance and love and meaning.”

 

🩷

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Sexual content, Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury

naturalyaya's review against another edition

4.0

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse

courtnoodles's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

torimc's review against another edition

3.75

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Alcohol

secondhandbookshelves's review against another edition

3.5

emotional sad slow-paced

Loveable characters: Complicated

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I cried thru the entire second half and not in a cute love story way 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief

Minor: Physical abuse, Vomit, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

katharined123's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A reread from last year but I think I love it even more now. I think this is the most romantic of Emily Henry’s books, but has the plot of a literary fiction book with what January is coming to terms with. A favorite book for life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent

erikabereading7's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-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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The title of this book is spot on because this is the PERFECT Beach Read. I devoured this in three days. Very well written, quippy dialogue, and all the troupey romance stuff done in the best way. Truly a great read! (And that dedication at the end? Come on! So good!) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death

Minor: Child abuse

molly_kate's review against another edition

2.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse

gracemessi's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny hopeful relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Death of parent