I have mixed feelings about Hello Beautiful. On one hand, the story and family themes were compelling, and the characters are complex and vibrant. I totally get the hype. Plus, I think this is one of the more beautiful covers I’ve seen in a long time. On the other hand, I personally have a few hangups that prevented me from really loving this novel: I don’t prefer third person narration, I hate irrationally obstinate characters, and I value atmosphere and a sense of place - I went into this thinking it would be a Chicago book, and it is not. 
As for the omniscient narration, I usually find myself feeling as if I’m watching the story through a window, not really feeling immersed. With this book in particular, large swaths of time would be skipped over in summary descriptions like “during this time, this character did this” with a lot of generalizations. Certainly there were unique and grounding details thrown in, but I mostly felt removed from the action.
Wholly obstinate characters are just a turnoff for me. If there’s a family member who acts like a stubborn ass toward another, I will be annoyed by this total personal pet peeve. There are TWO main characters with this energy, and only one of which I could maybe attempt to empathize with, so it just harshed my mellow.
Lastly, there were so many opportunities to immerse the reader in the culture of Chicago - language and phrases, traditions, specific foods, etc. Other than the names of locations, mostly around Pilsen, and a few mentions of historic Bulls players, there’s nothing that is evocative of the city of my heart. 
Overall, it gave me Beaches meets Terms of Endearment vibes, which are both absolute classics and wonderful stories. It’s definitely worth checking out the hype, as my rating was more of a ‘it’s me, not you’ problem.