Beach Read by Emily Henry
I had the HARDEST time rating this book. Because there were things I really didn't like about it. But then I also loved parts of it and thought it should be five stars! Gah. Okay I'm going to go with four stars for now, but I might revise it later.
4 out of 5
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what i didn't like
Two authors are in a relationship. Only one reads the others books. Do you root for them? I mean you do...but do you really? Because you're pretty sure one is more invested than the other.
There wasn't a love triangle exactly but enough of one where I felt like...so are you in love with two people at the same time? I'm confused how you can make grand proclamations after it took multiple days to decide which person you want to have a future with.
I feel I should mention this even though I really don't want to because it's a dumb reason to not like something in a book.. But January cried a lot in the book, and at one point I thought...sheesh. I think if I felt that she was facing her feelings and crying I wouldn't have minded it on the page at all. But she is avidly avoiding resolution in her life so it made the tears more eye roll inducing for me.
There were multiple communication issues that drove the plot but would get resolved pretty quickly. I'm not a communication issues fan, and even though there were resolutions taking place, I eventually got tired of the couple's poor communication.
what i liked
I loved the banter, it was quick witted and had me smile reading quite a lot.
Shout out to a book that points out all of the positives of reading and or writing romance!
13 chapters into this book and I was positive it was going to be five stars. I read it quickly and it easily could've been a one day read for me if I didn't have a newborn and two toddlers.
I loved the best friendship between Shadi and January.
Lots of content warnings in this book. If you find content warnings (previously called trigger warnings) to be spoilers then skip the next sentence! Content warnings include: physical abuse, living in a cult, death of a loved one, cancer storyline, infidelity.
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