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kbpfaulkner's review against another edition
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Bullying and Death of parent
thisreadingcorner's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
โ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ - ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐
๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ. ๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐."
"๐'๐ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ญ."
Poppy are Alex are unlikely best friends, a bond forged on a fateful carpool home their freshman year of college, but they havenโt spoken in two years. Through a series of flashbacks, we learn about every edge they reached and walked back from before ultimately going their separate ways, temporarily.
Friends to lovers stories are much harder for me to grapple with than enemies to lovers because I hate the implicit betrayal. Ultimately their love story has to come at the cost of the the partner who was told โnothing has ever happened between usโ over and over, only to find out that they finally end up together. That being said, EH made the partners easy to betray ๐ in this one.
Read PWMOV for:
- top tier pining
- โno one gets me but youโ energy
- random travel quips
- not one but two sickbed caretaking montages (my Kryptonite)
Poppy and Alex are a great embodiment of what it means to bloom under someone elseโs light. Sometimes the thing youโre chasing is behind you.
๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ. ๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐."
"๐'๐ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ญ."
Poppy are Alex are unlikely best friends, a bond forged on a fateful carpool home their freshman year of college, but they havenโt spoken in two years. Through a series of flashbacks, we learn about every edge they reached and walked back from before ultimately going their separate ways, temporarily.
Friends to lovers stories are much harder for me to grapple with than enemies to lovers because I hate the implicit betrayal. Ultimately their love story has to come at the cost of the the partner who was told โnothing has ever happened between usโ over and over, only to find out that they finally end up together. That being said, EH made the partners easy to betray ๐ in this one.
Read PWMOV for:
- top tier pining
- โno one gets me but youโ energy
- random travel quips
- not one but two sickbed caretaking montages (my Kryptonite)
Poppy and Alex are a great embodiment of what it means to bloom under someone elseโs light. Sometimes the thing youโre chasing is behind you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Bullying
jaynovara's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Alcohol
adibasultana's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
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? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Minor: Animal death
blackveilbeccy's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
After a slow start, I really adored this. I think thatโs almost entirely due to the male love interest who is utterly swoonworthy. Itโs worth reading just for him.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Outing
ribs's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
this is an upgrade from beach read. iโm still not fond of emily henryโs writing style but iโve gotten the hang of it; she likes to add unnecessary and oddly specific details to a sentence that makes my head hurt sometimes.
i loved this book, nonetheless. iโm quite content with the simplicity of the plot and the layers of the characters, itโs a good combination.
the ending was good and emotional and iโm glad that i did not hurry reading this. this book felt like one of those rare ones where you should cherish every words and let them sink into your head.
the reason why iโm rating four stars is because i felt like the croatia scene was inadequate. i expected that thereโs more to it when they havenโt spoken for 2 years but it happened fast andโฆ just because of a little kiss. i felt like it could have been resolved in under two weeks but emily henry delayed it for the angst factor and to create a build up to anticipate. it turned out to be mildly disappointing.
i loved this book, nonetheless. iโm quite content with the simplicity of the plot and the layers of the characters, itโs a good combination.
the ending was good and emotional and iโm glad that i did not hurry reading this. this book felt like one of those rare ones where you should cherish every words and let them sink into your head.
the reason why iโm rating four stars is because i felt like the croatia scene was inadequate. i expected that thereโs more to it when they havenโt spoken for 2 years but it happened fast andโฆ just because of a little kiss. i felt like it could have been resolved in under two weeks but emily henry delayed it for the angst factor and to create a build up to anticipate. it turned out to be mildly disappointing.
Content Warnings
Minor: Bullying
sarabookshelf's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
4.5
A lovely summer read with well fleshed out characters who are lovable, have interesting backstories, contrasting personalities and great chemistry. I also enjoyed the back-and-forth between different time periods in chapters, which made me want to keep reading and find out what happens. My favorite part was how funny the book actually was, and how it made me laugh out loud several times.
Content Warnings
Minor: Bullying and Death of parent
lindseyhall44's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
A super fun and enjoyable read by the queen of romance herself!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol
abbypeekreads's review against another edition
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? Yes
5.0
If this book has reminded me of anything, it's how much I love the friends-to-lovers trope. I mean, a tension filled enemies-to-lovers novel is great, but I just love the chemistry that comes from two really good friends slowly realizing how much they care and love each other. And I have to say that Emily Henry did an amazing job with it in this novel.
Of course, what I loved the most was Alex and Poppy's relationship. I loved them separately as much as I loved them together, and their friendship was so fun to experience. They were fun and relatable and I enjoyed seeing how their opposite personalities complimented each other. And yes, even though they were very different from each other in a lot of ways, I thought they had great chemistry together as a couple.
At first, the dual timeline confused me. Getting thrown out of the main timeline every few chapters took me a second to get used to, but once I did I found myself really enjoying getting to see how their relationship developed over such a long period of time. It had me on the edge of my seat, to the point where all I could think about was finding out about "What happened in Croatia."
The last 20% of the book was really touching as well, as we got to see what Poppy had learned at the end of her journey and how everything unfolded at the end. In the author's note, Henry mentioned how this book was about home. Finding home, coming home. And I don't think there's a better way to explain People We Meet on Vacation. It's a funny, touching, and heartfelt read that I will definitely be recommending and rereading time and time again.
Of course, what I loved the most was Alex and Poppy's relationship. I loved them separately as much as I loved them together, and their friendship was so fun to experience. They were fun and relatable and I enjoyed seeing how their opposite personalities complimented each other. And yes, even though they were very different from each other in a lot of ways, I thought they had great chemistry together as a couple.
At first, the dual timeline confused me. Getting thrown out of the main timeline every few chapters took me a second to get used to, but once I did I found myself really enjoying getting to see how their relationship developed over such a long period of time. It had me on the edge of my seat, to the point where all I could think about was finding out about "What happened in Croatia."
The last 20% of the book was really touching as well, as we got to see what Poppy had learned at the end of her journey and how everything unfolded at the end. In the author's note, Henry mentioned how this book was about home. Finding home, coming home. And I don't think there's a better way to explain People We Meet on Vacation. It's a funny, touching, and heartfelt read that I will definitely be recommending and rereading time and time again.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying and Sexual content
grizzlysnack's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I really liked this book! How Poppy and Alex individually change as they go on their vacations over the years, them being polar opposites but liking they're polar opposites, and the whole aspect of them seeing the other as their 'home' is the type of love you don't see in movies and TV often.
Overall this story is definitely worth the read, and all of the threads are tied in the end :)
Overall this story is definitely worth the read, and all of the threads are tied in the end :)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy