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Beach Read by Emily Henry

41 reviews

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Death of parent, Addiction, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Grief, Infidelity, Abandonment, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

tigerkind's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Title is exactly what you’re getting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Cancer, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death, Suicide, Confinement, Child death, Child abuse, and Car accident

fanboyriot's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Read For:
Quick Read

Hurt/Comfort

Summer Read

Author x Author

Beach Read (much like the title says)

Honestly, I wasn't feeling this one as much.  The characters were okay but at times really annoying.  The relationship felt rushed and a bit too forced.  After they admit their feelings it’s revealed they always felt that way since they were in college… it just kinda comes out of nowhere.  Then there was the ending.  I love romance books as much as the next person but that was way too cliché and just really annoying.  I will say I did like some of the banter was pretty good and I did like the cozy summer vibes it had.

(First Person POV)

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Rep: Idk

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Death, Alcohol, Cancer, and Cursing

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, and Vomit

jaydub0221's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Grief

Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Car accident, Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Cancer, Infidelity, Grief, Child death, Sexual content, Car accident, and Death of parent

bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

emilywemily6's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book totally made me cry in the last 20 pages. I love Emily Henry’s writing, I get a solid romance, characters with depth, and it’s not all about the spice (though I’m totally here for it!). This book’s exploration of grief and reconciling the different sides we know of people (friends, family, and lovers) was really interesting and felt so real. I’m not usually a fan of the miscommunication trope, but Henry’s use of it is self-aware and feels so real- I would have held back from telling all too! And the miscommunication isn’t the main basis for the plot. So it contributed to the depth of the characters but didn’t draw out the plot. I ate this book up!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Child abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, Cancer, Car accident, and Alcohol

elspethmigliore's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

this was such a sweet book. i love the main characters so much and i found them so much more relatable than other contemporary romance characters. i really enjoyed the setting of the story.

the only thing that was off-putting about the book was how slow it felt at times. it wasn’t the whole story, there were literally pages of miscommunication and frustration that i felt were not very important. also, gus’s speech at the end about naomi really frustrated me because he basically made it sound like he was ready to give up january for naomi. like even after everything they went through he dtill sounded ready to drop january completely. apart from that, he’s definitely one of my favorite book boyfriends. 

would definitely reread again ✅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Cursing

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Cancer, Medical trauma, Violence, Terminal illness, and Trafficking

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, and Car accident

pookiee's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

my first Emily Henry was Happy Place, which I heard was uncharacteristically depressing for her books. but this one is even sadder!

the writing is good, especially the way she describes how January feels when looking at Gus, and I enjoyed the read, but I don’t like the bit of justification and false equivalencies about infidelity, or that this is essentially an “I can fix him (emotionally unavailable man)” success story lol. I can’t rate this bc IDK how to average my likes and dislikes in this case.

📚

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol, Cancer, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Car accident

infjkiki's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death and Cancer

Minor: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment