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A review by tildyreads
Happy Place by Emily Henry
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
sad
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
Wow. It’s been a while since I cried so much while reading a romance novel. Happy Place is full of love, but more than that, it is about found family, letting them in and see you, know you, almost better than you know yourself; romantic and platonic love, and its wonderful messiness.
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Harriet and Wyn have broken up but they haven’t told their friends. In a mix of forces proximity and second chances, they have to survive a week together in the summer cottage in Maine they always go to with their college friends. Why not come clean? Well, it’s the last summer they can go before the cottage is sold, and two of their friends are getting married.
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@emilyhenrywrites is incredibly talented at writing tension, not only sexual but emotional, and my heart ached through so much of this book that every time the tension was broken, I cried in relief and joy. The melancholy laced throughout this novel is masterful. Even though the promise of happy ever after (for everyone) is fulfilled, Henry writes her characters so authentically it’s easy to forget that the outcome is guaranteed. Harriet, Cleo, Sabrina and the rest of the crew are so wholly people off the page that it’s easy to get lost in their story.
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I felt particularly seen in the way Henry writes Harriet, her pain, her coping skills, and her flaws. This book hit me personally in a way few others have.
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I loved Happy Place. It’s a reminder to be authentic and to live your life in you Happy Place, because it’s really not a location; it’s a state of being.
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Harriet and Wyn have broken up but they haven’t told their friends. In a mix of forces proximity and second chances, they have to survive a week together in the summer cottage in Maine they always go to with their college friends. Why not come clean? Well, it’s the last summer they can go before the cottage is sold, and two of their friends are getting married.
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@emilyhenrywrites is incredibly talented at writing tension, not only sexual but emotional, and my heart ached through so much of this book that every time the tension was broken, I cried in relief and joy. The melancholy laced throughout this novel is masterful. Even though the promise of happy ever after (for everyone) is fulfilled, Henry writes her characters so authentically it’s easy to forget that the outcome is guaranteed. Harriet, Cleo, Sabrina and the rest of the crew are so wholly people off the page that it’s easy to get lost in their story.
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I felt particularly seen in the way Henry writes Harriet, her pain, her coping skills, and her flaws. This book hit me personally in a way few others have.
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I loved Happy Place. It’s a reminder to be authentic and to live your life in you Happy Place, because it’s really not a location; it’s a state of being.