Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Beach Read by Emily Henry

66 reviews

vic_and_twisted's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny 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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Beach Read is a huge comfort read for me. I love the setting, I love Emily Henry's balance of humor and hurt. This was the first Emily Henry book I ever read, and it feels like returning to a vacation rental: a safe and sunny space where I know exactly what's waiting for me, and I can just recharge.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abandonment

annahamburger's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Vomit, Car accident

honeybeewitched87's review against another edition

2.75

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting

litoreads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, 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

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

himpersonal's review against another edition

1.75

emotional lighthearted fast-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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The last book I read was a very heavy topic (HIV/AIDS). So I was looking forward to something lighthearted and "dumb" (something requiring little thought). Well, I got what I wanted, but it was a little toooo dumb for me. 

Emily Henry is hit or miss for me, and this one was a big miss. The author admits she had writer's block at the time she wrote it and that she decided to write a book about writer's block. No wonder the book fizzled for me. That's like me sitting at work and deciding to write a report about why I don't know how to write the report.

Rounding up to 2 (yeah, that's how little I liked it - not even a full two stars).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment

lostintomes's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-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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This was good but the story wasn't as engaging for me which resulted in me walking away from the book for several months before finishing it.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship

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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noellegrace8's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment