Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Beach Read by Emily Henry

712 reviews

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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 didn’t think January and Gus had much chemistry and their romance seemed forced. Also, the conflict at the end was basically just a misconception which was annoying. The story just never really came together for me. I would have rather read the fake books in this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent

khloereads86's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny reflective 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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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: Cursing, Sexual content, Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Death of parent

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

rad_reads_123's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Vomit

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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, Child abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury

tifalockhvrt's review against another edition

4.5

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

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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: Cancer, Child abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse

sammymilfort's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Death of parent

braveprincess11's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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You can definitely see the beginnings of the classic Emily Henry style in this one. It was a cute premise, and handles the tropes just differently enough that I could tell whose book it was. 

But, as is the case with all “first books” it needed a bit more polishing. The bones are there, it’s clearly Emily Henry, but it‘a not quite as tight and purposeful as I’ve come to expect from her writing. It leaned into the tropes a bit more than I’d like. 

That being said, I love Gus, I absolutely adore him. January took a little longer for me to warm up to, but I did end up invested in her existence outside of Gus. I understand everyone’s got their fatal flaw, but January’s instinct to start fights with Gus, rather than actually talk about her insecurities made it tough to like her. She needed to cut Gus some slack, especially after she’d heard bits of his past from Pete; if he doesn’t feel ready to talk about his life, give him time, don’t drunkenly confront him because you’re unhappy with his timeline. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury

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goodvibes_and_happiness's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring 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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Omg I laughed, cried and cheered for Gus and January! This book swept me up and took me on an amazing journey!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Death of parent

tigertheory's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Title is exactly what you’re getting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Suicide, Car accident

gcoulsxn's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Infidelity