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Beach Read by Emily Henry

312 reviews

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

mirandalikesbooks's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Emily Henry always makes great things happen. I knew this would be good before I even opened it. I think this book is a relatable exploration of living and falling in love even through grief and brokenness. 

I will say some of the true romance of this novel felt a little over the top for me to the point that I didn't resonate with this one nearly as much as the last couple Henry books I read. Still good and worth reading though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury

scifi_rat's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted reflective 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: Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse

rljacobson's review against another edition

5.0

funny hopeful lighthearted 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: Complicated

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While I read this in the middle of winter it made me feel like I was sitting on the shores of Lake Michigan, falling in love. Having a complicated relationship with my parents I really felt for January and the complex emotions she felt. Emily Henry just does it for my every time. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse

kat_andherbooks's review against another edition

4.5

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: Complicated

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.25 for the miscommunication and another .25 for not being able to name either of their private parts. the synonyms kinda bothered me. 
but, overall, the premise was very well executed, as promised. i did have high hopes going into this and it did not disappoint. i bawled my eyes out towards the end. I loved, i haven’t read a romance book in a while and this was perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity

erikabites's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment

megancourter's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful inspiring 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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This is the second Emily Henry book to make me cry because the characters and struggles seem so real. Your heart breaks when theirs do from the achingly honest writing. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse

c_ary's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

elentiya_13's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional lighthearted relaxing tense slow-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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It took me a while to finish the book, mainly because I didn't find it very interesting. I had to read about 50 % of thr book to really care about what was going on. The topic in the book were pretty dark and depressing but thing definitely picked up after 50% of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Grief, 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