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A review by bg_oseman_fan
Beach Read by Emily Henry
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
I enjoyed how meta this book was. in many ways it was a book about writer’s block and the process of writing a story. i like that the story didn’t sugarcoat on the one hand and also didn’t exaggerate the characters struggles too far so that they became unsympathetic. i wasn’t much until the way the sexual aspects of the protagonist’s relationship was described. I would have loved to have gotten more of a glimpse of what Gus’s writing had been like and how he would have written his romance novel than the more general look we got. i do plan on checking out more of the authors work in the future, though.
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Sexual content, Cancer, Grief, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Vomit, Car accident, and Child abuse