Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Beach Read by Emily Henry

708 reviews

meredith_williams_'s review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny reflective 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 reread this book once a year for my health and wellness because it is the perfect novel; heartfelt, funny, contemplative, beautifully written, and the UK version has an alternate ending that might be even better than the US version. 😭💛

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content

alexxmichelle's review against another edition

5.0

hopeful lighthearted 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: No

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Super fun brain off book that still manages to say something important. Highly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

fjordlock's review against another edition

1.5

emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Yeesh. I was excited to see what the hype was about for Emily Henry. This is probably the worst start for me.

I found January as a protagonist to be insufferable and unrootable. I understand her dad dying and his betrayal was the domino that caused her life to spiral and leave her in a very fraught emotional state. Still, she makes assumptions out of everyone, from Gus to Sonya to her mom to her dad.

This book is simply “misunderstanding the book” because January cannot communicate or listen to anyone!

As a romance, it was okay on the surface. I like Gus and January's banter well enough, but a lot of the conflict stems from January's inability to talk to Gus and communicate all her resentment and concerns with him. It's annoying and even if I didn't connect with Gus, I wanted to tell him to leave her. There was no romantic chemistry to me at all.

The plot had potential, but it felt squandered. The idea of two authors swapping novels was cool. I liked the research of cults. Still, it was just something the characters did on the side. It's trying to be both women's lit and romance and fails at both since it couldn't pick a focus. It swung from carefree romance to heavy topics.

In the end, I was close to DNF-ing this book. However, it's only because I only had an hour left in the book that I powered through. It was such a slog and I skimmed towards the end because I really disliked being in January's POV. I am still willing to give Emily Henry one more chance since I see bones of a book I would like, but it's on thin ice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury

caitlin_davis22's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol

jbpearl's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny hopeful 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse

gremilem's review against another edition

4.5

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Abandonment

capidgeccino's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny inspiring 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: Complicated

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chapter 13 made me feel seen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse

kiasorentoe's review against another edition

1.5

lighthearted slow-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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yeaaaa it’s giving “never had a wattpad romance phase so im forcing a romantic relationship where everything is a copout”. this isn’t for me and it wasn’t funny

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse

cuppajo16's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity

emoryjoy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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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I've been in a reading slump for the last few months and I am very glad this the book that broke me out out of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Car accident