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kpaigestiles 's review for:
Happy Place
by Emily Henry
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
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
📖: Owned
💲: Target
🗣️: Jess
📚: Paperback
💋: 🌶️🌶️
#️⃣: 25
Let’s get this straight: This is a girlhood, friendship novel under the guise of a romance trope and I absolutely loved it. All of the characters were people I wanted to be friends with. Harriet and Wyn’s banter was hilarious, and the collection of all the happy (and not so happy) places helped tell the story flawlessly when needing to jump from present to past. I particularly appreciated how Harriet began each chapter describing the place in incomplete sentences. It was a fun formula to look for each time and my brain liked the consistency.
Harriet, Cleo and Sabrina have something special as friends, and Harriet and Wyn were perfect for each other though opposites, and both dynamics were fun to learn more about equally, when typically a romance fiction is all about the couple. Was I hoping (ahem, begging) for a bit more spice? Yep. But was I happy with the wholesomeness of it all? Absolutely.
The ultimate, over-arching theme that happiness isn’t a place per se, but a person/people. I’ll eat that shit up all day, every day 🤣 the way Emily Henry personified this idea was perfect. Her words were so reflective and educational; some quotes could even be reused in a self-help book.
I think that the reason I didn’t give it a full 5 stars is because I didn’t get super emotional. The one thing all of my 5-star picks have in common is that they made me cry, and though this one definitely made me warm and fuzzy, it didn’t put me over the edge.
💲: Target
🗣️: Jess
📚: Paperback
💋: 🌶️🌶️
#️⃣: 25
Let’s get this straight: This is a girlhood, friendship novel under the guise of a romance trope and I absolutely loved it. All of the characters were people I wanted to be friends with. Harriet and Wyn’s banter was hilarious, and the collection of all the happy (and not so happy) places helped tell the story flawlessly when needing to jump from present to past. I particularly appreciated how Harriet began each chapter describing the place in incomplete sentences. It was a fun formula to look for each time and my brain liked the consistency.
Harriet, Cleo and Sabrina have something special as friends, and Harriet and Wyn were perfect for each other though opposites, and both dynamics were fun to learn more about equally, when typically a romance fiction is all about the couple. Was I hoping (ahem, begging) for a bit more spice? Yep. But was I happy with the wholesomeness of it all? Absolutely.
The ultimate, over-arching theme that happiness isn’t a place per se, but a person/people. I’ll eat that shit up all day, every day 🤣 the way Emily Henry personified this idea was perfect. Her words were so reflective and educational; some quotes could even be reused in a self-help book.
I think that the reason I didn’t give it a full 5 stars is because I didn’t get super emotional. The one thing all of my 5-star picks have in common is that they made me cry, and though this one definitely made me warm and fuzzy, it didn’t put me over the edge.