Great Big Beautiful Life
von Emily Henry
"Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping new novel from Emily Henry. Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they're both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: To write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years--or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the 20th Century. When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she'll choose the person who'll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice's head in the game. One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice--and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over. Two: She's ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication. Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition. But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can't swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they're in the same room. And it's becoming abundantly clear that their story--just like the tale Margaret's spinning-could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad . . . depending on who's telling it"--
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Great Big Beautiful Life
von Emily Henry
"Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping new novel from Emily Henry. Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they're both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: To write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years--or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the 20th Century. When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she'll choose the person who'll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice's head in the game. One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice--and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over. Two: She's ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication. Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition. But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can't swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they're in the same room. And it's becoming abundantly clear that their story--just like the tale Margaret's spinning-could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad . . . depending on who's telling it"--
Aktuelle Rezensionen(27)
Rezension von CarolineSuper schönes Buch!! Ich liebe allgemein die Bücher von Emily Henry daher konnte ich es mir nicht nehmend lassen ihr neustes Buch direkt im Urlaub zu lesen, und was soll ich sagen mein 8 Stunden Flug ging sehr schnell vorbei haha tolle story, sehr zu empfehlen!!
Rezension von Liane„Great Big Beautiful Life“ war mein erstes Buch von Emily Henry und um ehrlich zu sein, ich hatte irgendwie eine umwerfendere Geschichte erwartet nach den Rezensionen, die ich zu ihren früheren Büchern gehört und gelesen habe. Das Buch war gut aber nicht das beste was ich bisher gelesen habe, obwohl die Story recht einzigartig scheint (ich kenne zumindest keine vergleichbare Geschichte). Erst auf den ca. 100 letzten Seiten hat es mich dann richtig gecatcht und emotional auch abgeholt. Davor fehlte mir die Tiefe der Geschichte - obwohl die Charaktere wirklich schön beschrieben sind und einen Hintergrund haben. Wie gesagt, gegen Ende hat mir das Buch alles gegeben, was ich zuvor vermisst habe aber eben leider erst recht spät und davor musste ich mich meistens eher zwingen weiterzulesen, weil ich es einfach nicht gefühlt habe und die Geschichte ohne großartige Vorkommnisse auch eher so dahin geplätschert ist. Sehr schade aber nichtsdestotrotz war es eine schöne (und am Ende auch berührende) Geschichte über Alice und Hayden - was nebenbei bemerkt einer meiner liebsten englischen Vornamen ist
Rezension von clairertc
Rezension von TabeaOne of my highlights this year. Made me all giggly, made me laugh, made me cry, made me puzzle.
Rezension von Phia Also ich mochte das Buch und auch den Plot. Es ist auf jeden Fall ein ganz gutes Buch für den Sommer. Ich habe die Charaktere sehr lieb gewonnen, aber um ehrlich zu sein mochte ich das Buch erst ab ca. 80% Lesefortschritt. Und das war mich einfach zu spät. Ich habe mich vorher manchmal zum lesen zwingen müssen und auch kurz überlegt abzubrechen. Deshalb die 3 Sterne. ABER die letzten 20% sind WOW. I love it. So ein guter Plot. Ich habe ihn nicht kommen sehen. Weder das mit Laura noch das mit Hayden und Alice. Also das hat wirklich einiges rausgeholt und das hat wirklich richtig Spaß gemacht.