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Beach Read by Emily Henry

379 reviews

krabby99's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

it’s an interesting read, not a typical rom book which was fun! in some spots of the book i literally had to pause and audibly gasp!!! def gonna have to read again. not too shabby, not my fav of her books but not bad for sure

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chelseacan's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A perfectly sweet modern romance. I feel equally seen by and attached to all of the characters. The right amount of funny, sexy, and real.

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liizabee's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad 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

Really really enjoyed this book! This is my first time reading Emily Henry & I understand the hype now.

Beach Read felt like a Sarah Dessen book but all grown up.

I like that it wasn't just a fluffy romance. She dived into heavier topics like death, grief, childhood trauma and abandonment issues. The cult storyline/subplot(?) was really interesting and I liked how it tied into

Gus's

story.

I'm happy we got actual details about the book January was writing instead of a vague sentence or two. It felt like I got to read 3 books (

Beach Read, Janie's book, and the cult interviews (Gus's book)

) in one and I absolutely loved it. I guess the changes in tone and setting was great for my ADHD brain. But it also didn't feel like too much was happening at once.

I enjoyed the slow-ish burn between January and

Gus

. Although this is a romance book, I genuinely wasn't sure if they'd end up together in the end.

At some point, I would have been happy to see her (literally) sailing off into the sunset all by herself.

I would have liked to see more sexually intimate scenes or at least make the existing ones a bit more explicit, but that's just me (a girly who grew up reading smutty fanfics 👀🤭).

I have daddy issues so some of this book wrecked me. Looking at you, chapter

!! I was bawling my eyes out, tears and snot rushing down my face and onto my ereader. But imma be real, that just made me love the book even more lol.

Though I read this book in summer, I didn't have the privilege of reading it on the beach, but I think it would be a perfect beach read. ☀️🏖📖💛 Can't wait for the movie!

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kittencaboodle's review against another edition

3.25

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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fayina's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful 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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byerduas's review against another edition

2.0

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Entertaining like a shitty low-budget romance movie you end up watching on the couch with your mom on a summer day. However, I need women to stop referring to men as predators and to themselves as prey when its completely unwarranted.

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a_gurneaujacobs's review against another edition

4.0

emotional 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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yicell's review against another edition

3.0

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think the only reason I give it a 3, it's cause there's some good commentary of the book industry and double standards for women writers. But for a romance book it does take quite a dark turn into heavy topics, that are not always addressed in a respectful way...

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carbs_coffee_chapters's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

This was my first Emily Henry book and I can officially say I’m hooked. I absolutely loved both the FMC and MMC in this book. This only thing holding back that 1/2 star is I personally dislike the miscommunication aspect of a novel. So every single time January walked away and Gus stayed quiet just allowing each other to assume the worst I thought, “This whole thing could’ve been avoided if they would’ve just talked to each other.” Still a great read with a HEA and the perfect amount of steamy goodness, funny moments, wittiness, and emotion. 🫶

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hollymoon94's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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