Reviews tagging Medical trauma

Beach Read, by Emily Henry

4 reviews

jadyn_renee62's review

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? It's complicated

5.0

i love this book so much it has that romcom feeling that i just love. it has a lot of great characters and side characters, which you get to learn a lot about, so it makes it 10 times better. it makes you feel like you’re really there with them and friends with all of them.

Spoiler

i love the fact that he fell for her first and how she always thought he thought poorly of her but really he was basically in love with her the whole time and i think the timing that he told her was just perfect and it didn’t feel forced at all

 over all i loved this book it’s definitely one of my favs and i love her writing style

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Misogyny

caspeer's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

Great book! Super cute and easy to read. I would highly recommend reading it if you’re in a reading slump. I’m a little sad at how the relationship progressed so fast at the end of the book, but other than that it was a beautifully written book that I would recommend to friends who enjoy romance books or books about finding your way in life after loss. Amazing character development and relationship building.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infidelity, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Child abuse, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Genocide, Gore, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Car accident, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Violence

marybsimp's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

rebeccamm's review

emotional fast-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

3.75

Dead, philandering parents rarely make an appearance in romance books, and as someone whose own philandering father recently died, I'm not sure this was the right choice for me.  Also, I found the main character, January, relentlessly neurotic.  Again, I relate, but I have enough hand-wringing and anxiety in my actual life. I read romance for a bit of escape.  I think my issues were mostly ones of expectations management. The title is misleading. This is a novel with some romance tucked into it, not a breezy beachy read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Terminal illness