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A review by smakinde
Happy Place by Emily Henry
4.0
I am still in my "processing" stage of this book, so I may come back and change my rating.. but overall is this a good book? Yes it is. Was I annoyed, frustrated, and wanted to slam my head against the wall? Also... yes.
The miscommunication trope can be sooooo annoying and it was in this book. I just wanted Harriet and Wyn to freaking say what they were actually feeling vs skirting around it for 80% of the book.... NOW don't get me wrong I love tension and we get plenty of that in this book, but at some point you have got to let that love shine through baby.
I really liked the friend group and they also had this HUGE miscommunication thing going on... well maybe it was just zero communication, but still. I liked their dynamic and I wanted to have a house I could go to with my friends and make wonderful memories with too.
SO I am still feeling conflicted on what I would truly rate this.. but the biggest surprise to me was how much I resonated with Wyn's story. I RARELY really connect with an MMC's life, thoughts, feelings etc and man it really hit me how much I could relate. I have always felt boring and that's one reason I can't really hold onto friendships or maybe why people don't stick around like I want them to(hi trauma, is that you knocking on the door?) and sooo... once again I am in wonderment at how Emily Henry could know to put these emotions in this book amongst so much laugher.
The miscommunication trope can be sooooo annoying and it was in this book. I just wanted Harriet and Wyn to freaking say what they were actually feeling vs skirting around it for 80% of the book.... NOW don't get me wrong I love tension and we get plenty of that in this book, but at some point you have got to let that love shine through baby.
I really liked the friend group and they also had this HUGE miscommunication thing going on... well maybe it was just zero communication, but still. I liked their dynamic and I wanted to have a house I could go to with my friends and make wonderful memories with too.
SO I am still feeling conflicted on what I would truly rate this.. but the biggest surprise to me was how much I resonated with Wyn's story. I RARELY really connect with an MMC's life, thoughts, feelings etc and man it really hit me how much I could relate. I have always felt boring and that's one reason I can't really hold onto friendships or maybe why people don't stick around like I want them to(hi trauma, is that you knocking on the door?) and sooo... once again I am in wonderment at how Emily Henry could know to put these emotions in this book amongst so much laugher.