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A review by meg_
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This was just alright for an Emily Henry novel. For the most part, I did enjoy it, but I also found it to be lacking in a lot of ways.
I really loved reading and learning about Margaret. Her life story, her love story, her family. I loved all of it and wish that we got more time in her story. That also leads to my main complaint, which is that I feel like the split between the two stories left each story feeling very incomplete. Ultimately, I didn't care very much for Alice and Hayden's storyline and the whole time I was reading it all I wanted was to hear more about Margaret.
I think both storylines could have used more fleshing out and development of the characters and the whole story would have been better, but as it is, it's just alright.
I really loved reading and learning about Margaret. Her life story, her love story, her family. I loved all of it and wish that we got more time in her story. That also leads to my main complaint, which is that I feel like the split between the two stories left each story feeling very incomplete. Ultimately, I didn't care very much for Alice and Hayden's storyline and the whole time I was reading it all I wanted was to hear more about Margaret.
I think both storylines could have used more fleshing out and development of the characters and the whole story would have been better, but as it is, it's just alright.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Death of parent