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Beach Read by Emily Henry

717 reviews

gabbylandis's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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: Complicated

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This book was such a beautiful commentary on love, family, grief, loss, and growing into your career. I loved this book. Emily Henry’s insights on personal growth are simply inspiring and had me hooked. I also loved the journey of the writing process and how Janie and Gus’s writing coincided with the plot of the book. The ending was satisfying. 0.5 off for extremely misplaced sex scenes (who has a breakdown and then gets railed?!) and some… interesting… verb choices for touching someone else nicely (really? scraping???) but overall a great novel. Henry should be proud of herself. This is one I would return to again after sitting on it for a little.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

2.75

emotional 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, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Infidelity

fanboyriot's review against another edition

2.0

lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Read For:
Quick Read

Hurt/Comfort

Summer Read

Author x Author

Beach Read (much like the title says)

Honestly, I wasn't feeling this one as much.  The characters were okay but at times really annoying.  The relationship felt rushed and a bit too forced.  After they admit their feelings it’s revealed they always felt that way since they were in college… it just kinda comes out of nowhere.  Then there was the ending.  I love romance books as much as the next person but that was way too cliché and just really annoying.  I will say I did like some of the banter was pretty good and I did like the cozy summer vibes it had.

(First Person POV)

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Rep: Idk

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury

chelle22's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent

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

gabriellesimpson's review against another edition

4.5

emotional 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content

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

justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition

3.75

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"You're so perfectly my favorite person."

One thing I will give to romance books is that they are surprisingly binge-able reads. This book honestly gave me 4 star vibes for the first 150 pages, and then it went a bit downhill (there were bits I thought were cringe-y, some parts were just outright weird, the writing style sometimes reminded me of The Hating Game which I did NOT enjoy, and there was miscommunication that I would have rather avoided) until the last 60 pages. The relationship between January & Gus was really sweet overall though, and their banter made me chuckle. I think Emily Henry somehow captured what it's like to fall in love, to meet someone that becomes your favorite person. I also liked how this book touched on grief and forgiving someone even after they are gone, and understanding why people do the things that they do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol