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Beach Read by Emily Henry

383 reviews

angievansprang's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad 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

I love love loved the lake house setting of this story. While I don’t typically reach for romances, this was a fun read. I appreciated that there were still some stakes and it wasn’t all “fluff”, and that the author tackled some heavier topics. Probably my favorite part of this book was the side-plot relationship between our FMC, January, and her best friend, Shadi. So many scenes between those two are a wonderful ode to best friendship and reminded me very much of relationships in my own life.

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jennalea_'s review against another edition

4.0

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

Beach Read for the beach 🏝️ (or pool in my case) such an easy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️’s for the second Emily Henry book I’ve picked up! She honestly never misses - plot littered with romance tropes in the best way and characters you root for the entire way through, all tied up with that small town vibe and a cast of supporting characters you can’t help but fall in love with too. Pete and Maggie 🥺 (iykyk!) love love loved this book 🩷

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kylarenea_'s review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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: No

Gus is my favorite of Emily Henry's male leads. I almost made it through the whole thing without crying, but the second to last page got me.

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hayleythegoose's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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ginnypie's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

this was such a beautifully written story. There are two parts to this January’s love with Gus and her complicated relationship with her father.

I think January is such a wonderful, kind-hearted complex realistic character, and I saw a lot of my self in her and I think that’s what made this book hit harder. Gus is the perfect man for January. The way he was written is so sad and layered and complicated and I need him. His insecurities and the way they were peeled back is really stunning to read. I love the way Emily Henry wrote them. I love the way Emily Henry wrote Gus. I just I can’t get enough. I want to read 70 more books about this couple.

January and her father have such a special relationship reading their interactions, cut me deep in my heart I literally am getting choked up just thinking about it. I I think the way in Emily Henry wrote this relationship and how her father kind of explains himself is so heartbreaking. I wish I wish I could make my dad read the lettered.

The way that January was loved by Her father hurts me to my soul, but in like a good way.

I just I can’t even think right now I just love this book so fucking much I’m going to be thinking about it for a very long way, while now generally has become my new favorite romance novel of all time.

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megelizabeth's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful sad

I've mostly seen very positive reviews for this book, but it was just okay for me. I thought that January and Gus did have good chemistry and I enjoyed their banter, and I liked the way their story ultimately ended, but I didn't feel overly connected to either of them, and found them both a bit irritating at times.

This is much more a serious story with a romance heading through it rather than a more lighthearted full-on romance - which I generally prefer, but it bugged me that this is marketed as a romcom when it's really not. It's funny in a few parts, but a lot of it is pretty depressing, and much of the focus is on both January and Gus dealing with their own traumas, and I just wish that that was how it had been advertised, especially as it does mostly do a good job of discussing trauma and healing and several dark topics.

Also, a lot of the story is also based around January coping with the fact that her father had been having an affair before he died, and I understand that that's a difficult thing to deal with, but I personally felt as if how difficult it was for January was so over-egged and just a bit unbelievable, especially due to the lacklustre way that part of that thread of the story ended up culminating.

I did like Emily Henry's writing, and as I've said, there are parts of the story that I did really like, but ultimately I just didn't love this book the way I wanted to.

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jessiereads98's review against another edition

5.0

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

Beach Read was next to impossible to put down. I love the way she writes characters so you really feel like you know who they are. Typical romance tropes are incorporated without feeling tired, played out, or unnatural. At times I found January frustrating, however this didn’t make me dislike her. Nothing in the book feels unbelievable or like it came out of nowhere as can often be the case in romance novels. No one writes romance like Emily Henry.

The one thing that annoyed and disappointed me was that Gus doesn’t write a proper romcom or romance novel, but just litfic with a romance plot line.

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elspethmigliore's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

this was such a sweet book. i love the main characters so much and i found them so much more relatable than other contemporary romance characters. i really enjoyed the setting of the story.

the only thing that was off-putting about the book was how slow it felt at times. it wasn’t the whole story, there were literally pages of miscommunication and frustration that i felt were not very important. also, gus’s speech at the end about naomi really frustrated me because he basically made it sound like he was ready to give up january for naomi. like even after everything they went through he dtill sounded ready to drop january completely. apart from that, he’s definitely one of my favorite book boyfriends.

would definitely reread again ✅

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