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literarypenguin 's review for:
Great Big Beautiful Life
by Emily Henry
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Emily Henry's newest novel is here! And I absolutely fell in love with it! I will say this one was different than most of her other works but I think that is what made this book so nice and refreshing.
The story revolves around two writers who show up at the same place around the same time to conduct an interview. This client wants to write a book, a true story of her life in all the details for the world to finally read. The catch here is the client wants to conduct both interviews and at the end pick one person to write her book and tell her story.
The characters were very interesting, the two writers were polar opposites when compared to personality. Alice is the picture of sunshine, hopeful and full of determination to become a great writer. Hayden is more down to earth and logical on how he approaches his writing and picking clients for books. They are brought together to see who gets the honor of getting to write the unknown story of the just as equally unknown former socialite Margaret. They were a great foil for one another with Alice's positivity contrasting beautifully with Hayden's more cynical outlook on life. It was nice to see them bounce off of each other and slowly start to fall in love with each other. The other main character was Margaret was a woman of secrets and it was exciting to see her story unfold during each chapter!
The writing was different from her usual as this book was a more literary style rather than just a straight romance like she has written before. It was really nice to read something different from her, I feel like she would be great if she chose to write more books like this in a similar style.
Overall I really did enjoy this book and it was a fresh surprise from Emily Henry, it had really solid emotion and relatable characters to make this one of my new favorites of her series of novels!
The story revolves around two writers who show up at the same place around the same time to conduct an interview. This client wants to write a book, a true story of her life in all the details for the world to finally read. The catch here is the client wants to conduct both interviews and at the end pick one person to write her book and tell her story.
The characters were very interesting, the two writers were polar opposites when compared to personality. Alice is the picture of sunshine, hopeful and full of determination to become a great writer. Hayden is more down to earth and logical on how he approaches his writing and picking clients for books. They are brought together to see who gets the honor of getting to write the unknown story of the just as equally unknown former socialite Margaret. They were a great foil for one another with Alice's positivity contrasting beautifully with Hayden's more cynical outlook on life. It was nice to see them bounce off of each other and slowly start to fall in love with each other. The other main character was Margaret was a woman of secrets and it was exciting to see her story unfold during each chapter!
The writing was different from her usual as this book was a more literary style rather than just a straight romance like she has written before. It was really nice to read something different from her, I feel like she would be great if she chose to write more books like this in a similar style.
Overall I really did enjoy this book and it was a fresh surprise from Emily Henry, it had really solid emotion and relatable characters to make this one of my new favorites of her series of novels!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief
Moderate: Car accident, Pregnancy
Minor: Mental illness, Terminal illness