Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Beach Read by Emily Henry

46 reviews

buttermellow's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse

Minor: Sexism

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

lia01's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Infidelity

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

damariica's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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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There was a lot of hype surrounding this book but it far exceeded my high expectations. Emily Henry has raised my standards for the romance genre and how much depth it can contain.

Would recommend the audiobook version read by Julia Whelan

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

cherryfreckle's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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: Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse

Minor: Child death, Torture, Fire/Fire injury

laughingrevolution's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

jessversteeg's review against another edition

2.75

emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

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I really enjoy EH’s writing. It’s not the typical all sweet rom-com at all. This one is a bit dark and twisty. I read it in one sitting. I enjoyed it and would have given it 3* , but I stumbled upon a 1* review and when I read it I was like “oh yeah… all those critiques are true.”  

There was a lot of repetition about Gus’s eyes, his messy crumpled clothes etc. I wonder if she did a bunch of the descriptions to just add bulk to the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent

hjb_128's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

palindrometodd's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful sad 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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I love all of Emily Henry's books and loved this one! It held darker themes than a lot of her others, and stuff I wasn't expecting, but it just added depth to a well-rounded novel. It's a brilliant and nuanced look at grief and losing a parent, and how it can impact your world view. The characters were brilliant and as always the actual romance was 🔥🔥🔥. I especially love her dialogue between characters! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death

There is content that may take you by surprise in the discussion of cults, coercive control, abuse, and murder within the cult. The death of a parent and surrounding grief is pivotal to the plot and throughout. There is also a lot of discussion of infidelity

lauragreer's review against another edition

3.5

emotional 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Child death