“The place I go when I feel trapped inside myself. When I’m terrified that all my happiest moments belong to the past. When my body is humming with too much of something, or aching from too little, and life stretches out ahead of me like a threat.” - Emily Henry, Happy Place.
Just so you know…Happy Place isn’t strictly “happy.” It’s one of Henry’s saddest, but in the best way. In the end, this book made me happy, it brought the kind of joy one expects from a Henry read. But, along the way, Happy Place asks some incredibly haunting and uncomfortable questions about the passing of time and the nostalgia we can’t escape.
Happy Place was heartfelt throughout, adorable at times, and heartbreaking in moments. Emily Henry is a master at witty banter and this book is no exception. The characters in this book were complex, relatable, and likable. You’ll laugh and smile, but there is also a profoundly familiar sadness to this story - one that forces you to think about growing up and the ways people and friendships evolve - like it or not.
Harriet was, for me, the most relatable character I’ve read in a long time. If you are an overachiever and over-thinker (or as Taylor would say “a pathological people pleaser”), you’ll love this book…and be called out by it.
And, as a New England girl at heart, I adored the coastal Maine setting and little details sprinkled throughout this story.
Perfect for book clubs.
A fast read.
A book to share with your bestie(s), recent and past.
It’s another hit from Henry.
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