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A review by capsandclauses
Happy Place by Emily Henry
emotional
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
5.0
“My best friends taught me a new kind of quiet, the peaceful stillness of knowing one another so well you don’t need to fill the space. And a new kind of loud: noise as a celebration, as the overflow of joy at being alive, here, now.”
Look, I haven't been touching Emily Henry books with a ten foot pole. I had a bad (probably COVID influenced) experience reading Book Lovers and haven't felt any desire to pick up a book since. But I saw the audiobook of this was available on Libby, and I thought I'd give it a go.
Happy Place is the story of Harriet Kilpatrick & Wyn Connor. They fell in love in college but for some reason unknown until the third act broke up months before. Now, their friend group trip is coming around and neither one wants to tell their friends about the split. The solution? Fake dating, of course.
This book was a lot more emotional than I thought it would be. It verges on the line between Romance and 'women's fiction.' It explores grief, loss and finding a sense of belonging as you establish yourself as an adult. Changing your mind. Harriet & Wyn are flawed characters for sure. They don't communicate. They make mistakes. But they find their way.
“Like even when something beautiful breaks, the making of it still matters.”
Look, I haven't been touching Emily Henry books with a ten foot pole. I had a bad (probably COVID influenced) experience reading Book Lovers and haven't felt any desire to pick up a book since. But I saw the audiobook of this was available on Libby, and I thought I'd give it a go.
Happy Place is the story of Harriet Kilpatrick & Wyn Connor. They fell in love in college but for some reason unknown until the third act broke up months before. Now, their friend group trip is coming around and neither one wants to tell their friends about the split. The solution? Fake dating, of course.
This book was a lot more emotional than I thought it would be. It verges on the line between Romance and 'women's fiction.' It explores grief, loss and finding a sense of belonging as you establish yourself as an adult. Changing your mind. Harriet & Wyn are flawed characters for sure. They don't communicate. They make mistakes. But they find their way.
“Like even when something beautiful breaks, the making of it still matters.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Grief