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Happy Place by Emily Henry

382 reviews

itsmemiana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted 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

EMILY HENRY THE WOMAN YOU ARE!

she did it again folks! I feel like she probably lives under my bed or something because she has to be writing these books for me.... I'm so in love with this book and ALL the characters in it. I loved all the relationships and these friendships are everything to me 😭 I need friends like this, real life friends that genuinely feel like my happy place 😭

as usual with an Emily Henry book, I smiled, laughed and cried so much. (I'm literally wiping a tear off my eyes, as I'm writing this.)

I relate to both Harriet and Wyn and I genuinely don't know how Emily Henry does it but she makes me relate to every single one of her main characters in some way....

I just loved this so much and I read this at the right time in my life. 

this is one of my favourite romance books ever (as are all of her books tbh).

and lastly, I'm still pretty sure I saw a Gus and January reference.....

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Pregnancy

summerslittlelibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I love the banter and tension!! The chemistry between Wyn and Harriet was 🥵 

I related to both Wyn and Harriet a lot of times! I loved all the characters, getting to know them and watch them grow through the novel. I laughed, smiled, and cried but I think this is the first of Henry’s (so far) that’ll be rated under 5 stars 🙊

Around the 230 page mark I was so sick of the lack of communication!! This is essentially down to miscommunication being a main plot pointm, which I didn’t mind at first but eventually got so annoyed about it 😭

You’re in your 30s and had been together for nearly a decade!!!! YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TALK FOR 5 MINUTES AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS?! I understood to an extent given their characters backgrounds but still if you’re dating and ENGAGED to someone for that long, you should be able to communicate and share your feelings and if you can’t then maybe you shouldn’t be together 😫

By the end, I kind of understood the miscommunication, given the background and character traits of both Harriet and Wyn. Also I think it frustrated me so much because I recognized myself and my past issues in their issues. I also liked the author reader guide to explain the choices because then it made more sense but I was still annoyed and think it went on longer than it should’ve. 

I didn’t cry at the end like I normally do, I still marked a lot of passages and loved the characters but I didn’t have the same emotions quite like the other books I’ve read so far 😞 It was fun and easy to read with top tier banter as always but because of the miscommunication (that lasted waaay too long) it’s going to rank last for now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy

hazydazywaffles's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful relaxing sad medium-paced

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

3.75

The end of this book hit so hard for me. Her writing is insane and her characters feel so real. Has a lower rating because it just had more sexual content in it then I prefer on my books. Can't recommend but enjoyed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent

ju_harue's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

Demorou um pouco pra engatar na leitura, mas ao chegar no final, atribuo esse sentimento por conta do nível de assuntos pesados do livro. Ela é mais densa, mais demorada, foi mais difícil, era um sentimento de "querer ver o que ia acontecer" com o "não consigo mais estar" nessa história. 
Embora talvez não tenha me apegado aos personagens, como foi em outros livros da autora, a história mexeu mais, ver o desenrolar da vida acontecendo, das suposições que fazemos e como as atitudes e conversas que fazemos (ou não), impactam e geram consequências. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Pandemic/Epidemic

eligru's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Chronic illness and Sexual assault

Minor: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Car accident, and Pregnancy

strawb3rrysugar's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

After liking Book Lovers more than I expected to, I asked some of my other bookish friends their opinion on Emily Henry's books. Almost all of them said their favorite story by hers was Happy Place, so I gave it a shot and borrowed it from the library.

In all truthfulness, I don't think I am this specific book's target audience. This book is the miscommunication trope times a thousand, except it's not miscommunication so much as it is "none of these characters know how to sit down and talk, even thought they're in their thirties." It still had that warm and fuzzy Emily Henry charm, and I felt that her storytelling was still earnest, but I wasn't as moved emotionally by this book. I got excited when there was finally a fight between the main characters, and I'm deeply conflict-avoidant. They're a decent batch of characters, too, though I felt that the development between all of them was disproportionate. I knew way more about some characters than others, and it kept me from feeling truly attached to them.

I think my true issue is that I just found this book boring and repetitive at times. While the reason for Harriet and Wyn's split isn't clear until the third act, some points of their backstory and emotional angst are brought up over and over again in place of any true emotional development or maturity between them. Their passionate, can't-resist-each-other love feels robotic, like there's no real motive behind their actions. Harriet and Wyn are relatable in many meaningful ways, for sure, but they're otherwise incredibly boring. It was immersive enough that I felt like I was at the lake house with everyone, but I couldn't wait to leave.

All of that said, this book is not deeply atrocious or offensive. If you like fake dating and miscommunication tropes, found family, lgbt+/poc representation in the main cast, and being jumpscared by the mention of Hannaford in a book that mostly uses made-up towns in Maine, you could still give this book a try. It simply wasn't for me.  

One more thing though--setting the story in Maine and naming the male lead Wyndham (Windham is a real town in Maine) is extremely funny. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Harriet throws up at least twice during their partying and drinking antics. Drinking and partying make up most of the first and part of the second act. There's one or two scenes of foreplay and one sex scene, but the actual sex scene is brief and isn't very descriptive.

Wyn's dad has died, and his death is brought up a few times. His mother also has a terminal illness.

Harriet hangs out with a male coworker thinking it's a casual get-together, and he kisses her at her doorstep without her consent. This coworker is *insanely* creepy, but he only shows up briefly in a flashback. Harriet believes this was the reason Wyn broke up with her.

Wyn has claustrophobia and has a panic attack when he and Harriet lock themselves in a wine cellar. The reason for his claustrophobia is explained briefly, though revisited a few times.

crystal689's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content and Pregnancy

micaelamariem's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-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

4.0

This was such a heartwarming book. I love the theme, an important life lesson of letting yourself be vulnerable to the people you love. The travel aspect I always love and I’m a sucker for a found family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

chloelai12's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

I am so glad I read this after the shit show that was the unhoneymooners. that's how you write romance about millennials. 

This broke my heart 20 times over and put it back together at the last possible minute. I loved everything about this. The friendships. the fights. WYNNNN.

I don't even care if the ending was safe and convenient. i don't care about the student loans. I was screaming for 400 pages for it to happen and it did and for that 5 stars. 

Absolutely no misses. Miss Henry I will be back immediately woman. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol