Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Beach Read by Emily Henry

710 reviews

_meganrose's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Dare I say my favorite contemporary romance read of 2024? Bonus points for it taking place in a beach town in West Michigan AND including a scene watching the sunset over Lake Michigan (aka my personal favorite pass-time). This felt like a breath of fresh air. Even with some of the cancer stuff hitting a little too close to home, this truly felt like an escape for me. I laughed. I cried (both happy and sad tears). I absolutely loved this. My personal perfect summer read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

one_more_chapter96's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Complicated

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Just like every other EH book, this story left me utterly heartbroken at so many points whilst also being so full of light and sweet and happy moments. January was very relatable and I adored Gus and the mystery and complexity of him and her trying to figure him out. The twists and turns and the complexities of all the relationships in the book were so bittersweet but this story was beautiful. Made me laugh and cry and swoon. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol

komiification's review against another edition

4.0

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcohol

roddenea's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-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 loved January just as much as I hated reading about what brought her to the beach house. Now I gotta go call my dad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury

Fair amount of discussion of cults

adphillips0108's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny relaxing sad 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Suicide, Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse

Minor: Cancer

sheisareader's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Child abuse

ehoustonmyatt's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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The title is pretty misleading but I don’t even care because this was so good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse

alisonnobrega's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I feel like they didn’t spend enough time hating/disliking each other for it to be considered enemies to lovers. I also found January to be a bit annoying at times with all the jumping to conclusions she was doing. I would’ve liked to see more competition between the two when writing their books. I liked the banter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Vomit

bookswtheo's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse

dilani's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i enjoyed this but not as much as People We Meet On Vacation.

i didn’t connect with January and Gus all that much. also, the amount of times Gus’s “crooked mouth” and “inky, dark eyes” was brought up was actually insane.  i imagine this is what he looked like half the time —-> ⚫️🫦⚫️
 
this book did have cute moments and i liked the cheesy ending. maybe the next Emily Henry book will be a another hit for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Infidelity