kyras_reads 's review for:

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

3.75

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Genuinely, I had my doubts about this book being good pretty quickly. The characters and the storytelling didn’t resonate with me and I stayed a little bored for the majority of the book. It did pick up towards the middle and I started to love the characters and get into Margaret’s story. Honestly it was about a 3 star book until about 60-70% and then from then on it was really good. The lead up and ending really saved it for me but it also felt a bit rushed with the two MC’s getting together. 

This was a “good” book, it just felt lackluster at times like we really only got deep and personal with Margaret and not the love interests. Which is okay, her story was great. But I needed the romantic connection and more depth and backstory for Alice and Hayden. I know we got quite a bit for him at the end with his family history and any more early on would’ve ruined it but, it definitely felt like it was harder to connect with him throughout the story because of that. 

Overall, not my favorite EH but still a great read!

Tropes: 

Rivals to Lovers

Writer FMC/MMC

Slow Burn

Insta-Love

Mystery

Spice: 🌶️🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Pregnancy