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Beach Read

Emily Henry

4.07 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted medium-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
hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

I’m leaning towards a 4.5. I’d read it again 10x over.

Both MCs are overcoming a lot. They come together to make each other better (as friends and writers) and things go from there. MMC is pretty closed off through the whole book. It’s a bit frustrating, but understood the more you get to know him.

The FMC is strong and independent (mostly because she has to be) and while she’s going through a ton & claim she’s given up, she clearly hasn’t.

As a reader who hates a third act break up/ miscommunication and all the “woe is me” monologues that go with it, Emily Henry kept it pretty short and sweet and almost overshadowed the “situation”with something more developmentally important for the FMC.


It’s always “wyd?” and never “When I watch you sleep, I feel overwhelmed that you exist.”

Emily Henry, did you need to make me fall in love with all of the characters in this book only to make me realise that they’re fictional and I’ll never have my own Augustus Everett???
emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was so good. I really loved this. I enjoyed our two characters and the whole story we had with them. I loved seeing them together and just how good they were together. I loved the little adventures they went on and how each one developed their relationship more. I loved the side characters and I loved the setting. Very picturesque and fitting for the book. So funny and so deep. Definitely a new favorite from Emily Henry!
challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
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

Love this! Cute, easy read that still touched home for me on very emotional/difficult life events. Very impressed w the writing style!
adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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