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Graphic: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Classism
Minor: Car accident
Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol
I have cried in two books in my life (now three after this one), but this book hit close to home. It was a beautiful love story that went through ups and downs; they showed what it was like to learn to love and trust another person as well as yourself.
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I have a complicated relationship with my dad and the way January describes her view of her dad and how it changes throughout the novel is everything that I have felt at one time or another. This was such a healing book to have at this point in my life. Thank you, Emily Henry.
p.s. I read the UK ending first and then the US ending. Personally, I like the UK ending, although both of them have callbacks to their relationship seen throughout the book.
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent
Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief
Minor: Child abuse, Vomit, Abandonment
Ultimately I did love reading it, just not as much as I enjoyed People We Meet on Vacation.
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Abandonment
Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abandonment
This was a fine read and there were elements of it I definitely enjoyed, but the FMC got under my skin quite a bit. I do think this book could have benefited from a split perspective because the MMC seemed to be dealing with a ton of emotional baggage that we only really get to see at a distance. The miscommunication trope was too heavy at times and the FMC’s assumptions on what the MMC was thinking were frustrating.
I did love the story being set in West Michigan, it’s a beautiful area that could use some more love in fiction!
I also loved Pete, Maggie, and Shadi. I now desperately want to own a coffee/bookshop in a coastal town in Michigan (with better espresso, of course).
Overall I’d recommend to anyone who wants a quick romance read, or, you know, a good beach read.
Moderate: Cancer, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment
Minor: Child abuse
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
Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Grief, Abandonment