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Beach Read by Emily Henry

91 reviews

tobinghd's review against another edition

4.0

emotional relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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allyrosereadsbooks's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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mackenziem12's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful relaxing 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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the_write_to_cry's review against another edition

3.25

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I really liked this book at first. I'd been in a reading slump and heard a lot of praise for this book so I picked it up, thinking it would be a fast, light-hearted book. It didn't exactly turn out that way, but I usually like to go into novels without knowing where they're going.

To me, this book felt very...full. About 75-80% in, I kept wondering when it was going to end. I would've liked things to happen concurrently rather than one after another because the momentum just died suddenly in the last third. Also I really wished the book hadn't been so myopic by focusing on two male characters: the love interest and the deceased father. I think the women/women relationships were lacking, and in general the side characters weren't fleshed out as much. They remained pretty steadily in the background.

Overall not a terrible read, but the ending left me feeling a bit lukewarm.

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loonieslibrary's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

5/5. Oh my god. I loved this book SO much.

I decided to be extra and drive an hour to the beach to read this book. I ended up finishing it in 2 days (I went home in that time don’t worry) which is literally unheard of from me. I’m the slowest reader ever because my focus is TERRIBLE but I just couldn’t this one down!

I immediately related to the main character from the very first page and I couldn’t help but love Gus from his first line, despite him being a tad arrogant.

This book is adorable, funny, spicy, but also deep and even sad. We see the characters dealing with grief, conflicting feelings, and emotional trauma, all difficult topics that were very carefully handled by Emily Henry.

I didn’t cry. I think the sadness factor of this book definitely says a lot about the relationship you have with your father. Mine is, at the moment, still intact. If that’s not the case for you, you may need to stock up on some tissues before reading this.

This book gets spicy, but it’s not at all smut. Sometimes when certain scenes in books get too explicit, I tend to feel uncomfortable or just not at all into it because of the use of certain (wink) words, but Beach Read had that perfect balance. It was spicy but mostly fade to black and with a lot of buildup, enough to make me blush without triggering my fright of flight.

I was told this would be enemies to lovers but that’s not the case! It’s definitely rivals to lovers (which I think I may like even more now).

Please read this book to soak in these last days of summer! Going all the way to the beach is optional but recommended.

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eviem111's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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

This was my summer read and i liked it, however i didn’t really like the ending a lot, i thought it was quite predictable. This book made me feel very lonely.

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nightfell's review against another edition

4.5

challenging funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

Beach read was meant to be a fun rom com and instead all I received was pain. I didn't anticipate the complicated backstories of the main characters, and I thought they linked together in such an interesting and thought-provoking way. I loved the main character, January, she was such a mess and she's so casually charismatic and funny. AUGUSTUS EVERETT HAS MY HEART. "When I watch you sleep, I feel overwhelmed that you exist" EXCUSE ME. And the hand holding and thigh bumping under the table got me. They had such good chemistry, and they really helped each other with their personal challenges they each faced in the book. It was one of those situations where I completely understood, and yet it was so painful, my heart broke for Gus and January.
I loved the commentary on how other writers, and people in general, view romance books and authors who write romance exclusively or at all, especially if they're a woman. I wasn't expecting it and I loved it.
It's so sad how people hype Emily Henry's other book so much more when this was the deeper book with more complex characters in comparison to People we meet on vacation, however I know a lot of people are just looking for a cute romance which that book also has, but still.
Overall this book was amazing and everyone should read.

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charwilyemz's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful relaxing 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: Complicated

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diaries_of_a_realist's review against another edition

4.5

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

And she does it again everyone. Emily Henry produces a unflinchingly real look at life and love and everything in between. And somehow manages to make all of it beautiful. Gus is one of my favorite love interests to exist. And January? Literal perfection packaged with stains and dirt like everything else in this world. But still literal perfection.

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gloomi_sundai's review against another edition

3.5

funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

the story is cute, the characters are okay and well developed in some aspects, the romance felt a bit rushed in some places and overall the story didnt capture me the way i expected it to, which is a bit disappointing but i would definitely reccomend this to someone

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