Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Beach Read by Emily Henry

11 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

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Didn't shatter my world or anything but it was entertaining.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol

kiwichill's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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: Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent

page_not_found's review against another edition

3.0

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Vomit, Car accident

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, 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

annick's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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This spoke to me. I read a lot of fantasy and unrealistic fiction. This was refreshing. Grounded in real life emotions and experiences and humour. The final few chapters didn’t deliver as much as I’d hoped but I will be reading this again. Highlighting and annotating the humour and spice and most importantly the emotional and philosophical reflections. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Abandonment

prairieraven's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol

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

juliaaa02's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Infidelity

bootsmom3's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing slow-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: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse

Minor: Mental illness

marylinaris's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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It’s easy to like this book, the writing is beautiful, January is an interesting protagonist, Gus plays his part as the love interest very well and the story stays interesting and emotional throughout! 

What I’m a little ehh about was Gus’ backstory. January’s backstory is quite heavy on it’s own - slightly too heavy for a book I’ve been frequently been told was a fun romp-y vacation romance - but his backstory? Yeah, that one came very much unexpected and I wasn’t really a fan of the pay off that plot gave us. I probably would’ve liked that part more if Augustus had POV chapters and we wouldn’t have gotten the whole thing solely through January’s eyes. Also … the sex scene that resulted out of exploring his backstory?? I was very hyperaware where they were doing it and for that alone it ranks high in the worst sex scenes I’ve ever read. 

What his book did weirdly, for me, was the little amount of time it spend on the vacation/beach part, the title promises and I would’ve expected a lot more discussions about their respective genres or even shallow examination of the genre conventions. 

I overall am - still - unsure about the ending. It felt very realistic and grounded in regards to the way the

father’s cheating plot

and the romance were wrapped up, but idk … maybe I need a little unrealistic magic in my romance? 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit