Reviews tagging 'Death'

Beach Read by Emily Henry

328 reviews

gabriela_carolinacf's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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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I LOVED LOVED LOVED this book. It was my first Emily Henry novel and I’ll definitely read more of her work. January and Gus’s story was so beautiful. Both of them working through their grief together and separately was a beautiful thing to witness through the pages. 

“Happy For Now”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity

mncbby's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

Graphic: Death, Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity

natafiguu's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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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honestly the most well written romance book ive read in so long, the characters weren't immediately obsessed with each other and became friends and that turned into love, it was sweet and it also had important conversations, banter, arguments, separation periods, it was everything i was looking for. everything about this book felt like the author's love letter to writing and i really really enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage

(Miscarriage tag is because of a comment someone makes about someone else very briefly, not about an event in the book)

katewills's review against another edition

3.5

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent

annemariecunningham's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The writing is overly descriptive at times, leading to long stretches of writing where not much is happening plot-wise. There were also too many long internal monologues from January - I found myself wanting more dialogue in the book. Cringy one-liners made me roll my eyes a few times. 

However, the book sped up after about the halfway point. I enjoyed how the connection (re)developed between January and Gus. Several funny one-liners made me laugh out loud. I felt more of the emotions in Beach Read vs. Happy place - especially relating to January’s relationship and feelings about her father. 

Recommend as a (pun intended) quick beach read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

kailiyahknight's review against another edition

2.5

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Vomit

Minor: Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury

krandelzhofer's review against another edition

3.0

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Not my favorite of her books. Like some of btw others, it feels like there were develop more of the characters and plot points. Enjoyable binge read nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

xelareadthis's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny inspiring 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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I can’t put into words how I loved this book! I just like how Augustus was written so by a female because he’s just *chef’s kiss* I ADORE HIM SO MUCH

January on the other hand was also adorable but could sometimes get on my nerves with her reactions.

But like both combined? The dynamic they create is very significant in this book. I like how they just flawlessly fit each other.

AND spoiler

DON’T GET ME STARTED WITH THEIR HAPPY ENDING 🥹

Thank you for this work of art, Em Hen!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent

chronic_listener's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder

whateves99's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

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