Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Beach Read by Emily Henry

92 reviews

haidyz's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse

bookstorebinge's review against another edition

3.5

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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

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

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Murder

stardustandrockets's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

bookiewithacookie's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Funny and emosh and loveable x 10 million

I'd heard a lot about Beach Read from friends and fellow bookstagrammers, so went into it with medium-high expectations. It delivered in several different ways, including:

- Laugh out loud moments
- A weird yet surprisingly emotional storyline, armed with local cults and emotional familial betrayal
- A good level of spice
- Loveable characters that you'll still think about years later

For me, January was definitely a more relatable and enjoyable character to get to know. Gus had his moments, and I really enjoyed the ending - but this book very much felt like an exploration into January's mind and grief more than your typical romance book.

I'd definitely recommend, and will no doubt read again one summer in the future!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment

nerdybookshelff's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous 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: Cancer, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent

fern_gulley's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny 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: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Suicide

I would add a moderate content warning for cults/religious trauma if that was an option.

pengal's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful 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: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse

annaem's review against another edition

4.5

emotional 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

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse

Minor: Suicide

stella_mia's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was a wonderful start to my 2022 year in reading. It's angst and trauma but in a way that is digestable in a romance novel. I never thought a book about writing books would or could be that interesting but it captured my whole hearted attention, i mean i even skipped class to finish the book for crying out loud. Its incredibly written and the characters aren't perfect, which to me makes them perfect. With the love (and smut) it was just a fun read and made me miss my summers by the beach. And all I could say is Augustus and January have both become my most perfect favorite people. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Death of parent

Not a gore or traumatic book, but if you have lost a parent or experienced trauma from one be aware it is mentioned in the book. As well as cult victims are also mentioned and speak within the book. Not in a graphic way though. There is a scene where January does through up but again not super graphic.

patslibrary's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent