Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

196 reviews

krosebooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I love an Emily Henry book. First off the characters have great banter. Very clever and dry humor. Didn’t love how much she clung to her mother, it seemed to be a big part of her personality. I love the detail she included with the characters. The details were so intricate they have to be real. Slightly cliche ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jackiekline's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Medical content

ziggyapple's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, and Alcohol

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

My first Emily Henry book and I loved it. I do believe that she’s the reason I’m doing things ‘for the plot’ that might get me in trouble but oh well. 

I won’t be having sex so these characters might for me.

I love the grumpy x sunshine trope but this book is grumpy x grumpy and I’ve determined that it’s 1 million times better. 

I really enjoyed how the opening of the book mirrored the opening of the book discussed within this book, Frigid. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use

greendog95's review against another edition

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Medical content

vanessabriann's review

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Emily Henry deserves all the praise she has received and more. 

Only thing is Libby's apology/makeup felt lacking to me, but maybe that's just the eldest sister in me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical content, and Medical trauma

natafiguu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this book had everything that Beach Read and PWMOV didn't, and more. it had the connection, the intimacy, the relationship building, the backstory. it had a genuine reality to it, there were parts in the book that i related to that made me genuinely cry and laugh and every other feeling. i can't speak better about this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

juliareste's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I have only read two other Emily Henry books so I only have those to compare with this one in terms of her writing. I liked this far better than Beach Read and a bit worse than People We Meet On Vacation. There were loadsssss of unrealistic things that happened that really snapped me out of the book, and I definitely think it struggled with pacing for a portion of it (definitely the end of the first act moving into the second). I appreciated the sister relationship and the romance was really sweet. The ending was super rushed, but then again aren't they all for romance books? Ironically, I feel like this could've gone through a couple more rounds of editing to become a five-star read.

4/5 stars 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body shaming and Medical content

Minor: Miscarriage

fairytalefootnotes's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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

5.0

Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Writing: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Plot: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Characters: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Narrator(s): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Spice: 🌶️🌶️

Tropes, etc: Rivals to Lovers, Small Town

POV: Single, 1st Person

3rd Act Breakup?: Yes

Song Association: State of Grace by Taylor Swift

Notable Quote: “Until you got here,” he rasps, “all this place had ever been was a reminder of the ways I was a disappointment, and now you’re here, and—I don’t know. I feel like I’m okay. So if you’re the ‘wrong kind of woman,’ then I’m the wrong kind of man.”

Brief Summary: In an effort to reconnect with her younger sister, literary agent Nora Stephens spends a month in Sunshine Falls, the small town setting of her client’s newest book. Little did she know, Sunshine Falls is the hometown of her rival, Charlie Lastra.

The Praise: I absolutely loved this book. I was giggling, blushing, kicking my feet. I was outright cackling. I was crying my eyes out. Charlie and Nora were hilarious and so sweet together. As the oldest sister, I really related to Nora’s struggles, and I was so touched by her relationship with Libby.

I listened to the audiobook as well as reading the print copy, and Julia Whelan was phenomenal. She did a fantastic job conveying the characters’ emotions. It’s always a joy to see her name on an audiobook!

The Critique: My only critique is for myself, and it’s that I took so long to finally read this.

Final Thoughts: Hilarious, heartwarming, and just a joy to read in general. Truly a favorite of 2024 and a favorite of all time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

fanboyriot's review

funny lighthearted 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

5.0

Read For:

✓ Book Editor

✓ Good Humor

✓ Amazing Banter

✓ Entertaining Read

✓ The Woman Stays in the City

˗ˏˋ ★ REVIEW ★ ˎˊ˗

Want a book with bookish tropes but with a twist?  If this ever got a Hallmark movie adaptation I would for sure watch it… they might just have cut the spicy parts 😂

The banter was like most of this author’s other works, and absolute hit.  It was a fun read with detailed and lovable characters.  I loved how this ended and really enjoyed finally reading a romance where the woman didn’t give up the career she clearly loved just to move to a small town after two seconds of an insta-love romance. 

Truly loved the vibe of this book so much.  All the shark comments and the mentions of Bigfoot erotica had me laughing so hard.

Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Angst Level: 💧

POV: First Person

Release Date: 03, May 2022

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail