Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Beach Read by Emily Henry

312 reviews

michmoo's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny hopeful 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Vomit

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury

ellacat11's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful 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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Great book, good characters and development. Ending was slightly sudden and could have used a bit more detail. Overall, I liked it but not as much as Henry’s other two books. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Minor: Sexism, Suicide, Vomit

Description of cult, disturbing stories/descriptions of cult-related violence

jaydub0221's review against another edition

5.0

emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Car accident, Pregnancy

meglanter's review against another edition

5.0

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A great light-hearted read! Enjoyed using this book as a segue back into reading, a very easy quick read and totally worth while. I'm a sucker for the "grumpy one is soft for the sunshine one" trope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity

Minor: Vomit

jillottaway's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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I was pulled in right away and flew through this book! I love Henry’s writing style and characters, with this being the second book I’ve read from her she’s firmly put herself on my auto buy author list!

I absolutely adored the Michigan references!! I also loved the subtle nod to a Hope College staple but I will be gatekeeping it 😂 I enjoyed the banter and the slow burn for the romance. 

I don’t think I’ve ever cried so much reading a romance book

Also I wouldn’t classify this as having a third act breakup which made me so happy! Without getting too spoiler-y, for me a third act break up means the characters separate for 1 week or more and this wasn’t the case.

A beautiful novel about love, loss, grief, and new beginnings. I adored everything about this book; the characters are well written and had great developments along the way, the writing held my attention, the chemistry was amazing, well written dialogue to make you feel all the emotions, and the setting was so clearly written that I felt nostalgic for my home state where I’ve spent many childhoods at Lake Michigan 💙

My one very minor “negative” is the ending. I liked it well enough (I read the US edition for reference) but after finding out what the UK ending is, I would’ve preferred that one. It was a good ending but the UK ending makes more sense for Gus and January! 

I have so many favorites for this month which is amazing but will be a challenge for picking my top pick at the end of July 🙈 

Spice level: 🌶️ (1.5/3)

Tropes: rivals to lovers, forced proximity 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse

Minor: Child death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

talliedolls12's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny inspiring 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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My heart aches for a love like Agustine and January, and I mean my heart LITERALLY aches cause I love them so much. I can't believe I'll never read this for the first time. <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse

masona's review against another edition

4.0

emotional fast-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Vomit

ashley_dreaming's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional funny hopeful 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: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse

stewartj0421's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful 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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kicking my feet and giggling I could have used another 200 pages of this. I do wish we had gotten a bit more depth about Gus’s background. Otherwise, I loved everything about this!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse