Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

327 reviews

lilshelly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

Normally not one for romcoms, but this made me feel all kinds of happy and invested. Loved the descriptions. I loved Alex.  The emotions were so tangible. And frustrating on occasion. Just learn to communicate! 

The only complaint I have is that the incident that made them not talk for two years was partially what I expected and also underwhelming. There was a lot of build up to it for it to be kind of a "that's it?" moment. 

But, still worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use

kailiyahknight's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death and Drug use

nataliapassos's review

emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

yilliun's review

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy and Injury/Injury detail

izzyedenc's review

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Bullying

leannanecdote's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Pregnancy

bzliz's review

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

3.75

I have some seriously mixed feelings here. On one hand, I had a good time reading this and I do think Poppy and Alex are wonderful together. On the other, I can’t help but think about how downright irritating they would both be if they were real and I think their situation would be borderline toxic. They are a special kind of codependent that is somehow both sweet and infuriating at the same time, which gives me pause, but then Emily Henry redeems both of them in my eyes by putting them both in therapy! That’s my number one comment about a lot of book couples- get your ass to therapy- and this time they both did the damn thing! 

I also might be in the minority for this but I think the book was well paced and I liked jumping between the current time and the progressive timeline of their relationship over many, many vacations. The passing of years showcased how much they meant to each other and, for me, how it became scarier to admit their feelings over time because they each had so much to lose if it went wrong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy

chi__'s review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying

chluless's review against another edition

3.5

this took a minute for me to get into but i ended up loving it. 

emily henry might be the only contemporary romance author to melt my cold cold heart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use

kbifolck's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

3.0

Fun read. Fairly formulaic but the narrative structure gave it some mystery. I liked Alex's character and was pleasantly surprised by his nuanced fears about a relationship with Poppy.

I got a little teary hearing his speech about his fear of needing her so much and if he lost her, he would turn into his dad (after he lost his wife).

I wasn't expecting that. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Death of parent