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Beach Read by Emily Henry

154 reviews

krabby99's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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it’s an interesting read, not a typical rom book which was fun! in some spots of the book i literally had to pause and audibly gasp!!! def gonna have to read again. not too shabby, not my fav of her books but not bad for sure

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, Alcohol

liizabee's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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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Really really enjoyed this book! This is my first time reading Emily Henry & I understand the hype now.

Beach Read felt like a Sarah Dessen book but all grown up.

I like that it wasn't just a fluffy romance. She dived into heavier topics like death, grief, childhood trauma and abandonment issues. The cult storyline/subplot(?) was really interesting and I liked how it tied into

Gus's

story.

I'm happy we got actual details about the book January was writing instead of a vague sentence or two. It felt like I got to read 3 books (

Beach Read, Janie's book, and the cult interviews (Gus's book)

) in one and I absolutely loved it. I guess the changes in tone and setting was great for my ADHD brain. But it also didn't feel like too much was happening at once.

I enjoyed the slow-ish burn between January and

Gus

. Although this is a romance book, I genuinely wasn't sure if they'd end up together in the end.

At some point, I would have been happy to see her (literally) sailing off into the sunset all by herself.

I would have liked to see more sexually intimate scenes or at least make the existing ones a bit more explicit, but that's just me (a girly who grew up reading smutty fanfics 👀🤭).

I have daddy issues so some of this book wrecked me. Looking at you, chapter

25

!! I was bawling my eyes out, tears and snot rushing down my face and onto my ereader. But imma be real, that just made me love the book even more lol.

Though I read this book in summer, I didn't have the privilege of reading it on the beach, but I think it would be a perfect beach read. ☀️🏖📖💛 Can't wait for the movie!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Car accident

hollymoon94's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol

shiradfrankel's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol

nclausel25's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Still don’t understand why Gus and January were so obsessed with each other other than being hot, and their lack of communication just made me mad during the middle 3rd of the book. Overall good though, just not a very likeable protag

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcohol

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

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

annamorgan27's review against another edition

3.0

funny 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury

nata_watson13's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Sexual content

Minor: Cursing

celery's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail