Reviews tagging Religious bigotry

Beach Read, by Emily Henry

12 reviews

xandrav's review

emotional hopeful relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

marieos's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship

ecravens's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

anielabooks's review

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was a wonderful book. I am not surprised by that considering that I’ve read Emily Henry’s books before. The only disappointing part was that I expected to cry and didn’t. That definitely doesn’t take away from how much I loved the romance between the main characters. I think the book was also extremely funny at times. January and Gus’s banter was perfection, absolutely my favorite part. I also really appreciated how we got to see their books unfolded at the end. 100% would recommend this book for summer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Cancer, Death, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Murder, and Religious bigotry

marinasslibrary's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Cancer, and Death of parent

fern_gulley's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Infidelity, and Cancer

I would add a moderate content warning for cults/religious trauma if that was an option.

cwallace1005's review

funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

 I was charmed by it :)

Maybe it's the English-major/writer in me, but I loved the premise of this book. January and Gus are two writers (fairly successful in their own genres) having writer's block and they come up with a competition to get over it. Again, totally my style because I thrive on competition, especially if it has a deadline. I liked their banter, for the most part, and I thought they were well-written and had significant development for a novel in a genre that isn't known for its deep character development. There were several heavy topics in the books. January's struggle with her memories of her dad are especially poignant and relatable. Some of the "romantic" scenes were a little forced or awkward, but it didn't stop me from thoroughly enjoying the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Sexual content

Minor: Religious bigotry, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, and Vomit

ejsreads's review

emotional funny reflective sad fast-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

4.0

I loved this book! I appreciated how Emily Henry provided depth to the heartbreaking and fraught father-daughter relationship on top of the fluffy, romantic main plot. The characters and storyline were very well-developed yet it was still a page-turner. Definitely the best contemporary romance I've picked up in a while! 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Cancer, Child abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use

rosereads11's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

This book had a lot more going on than the blurb suggests. It's largely about 2 people tackling grief and opening themselves up to love again. Well written with compelling, flawed characters and a lot of emotional payoff. Recommend!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Infidelity

Minor: Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

howl's review

emotional funny lighthearted

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

Fun and fairly light which I definitely needed after Pretty Girls. Weird that both involve a man with a secret second life though 🤔

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Religious bigotry