Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

28 reviews

jenniferbowman's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

annag77's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

1.0

Y’all I have tried! This was my second Emily Henry book and I guess I’m just not a fan of her writing or style. I didn’t connect with the characters at all (they annoyed me) and some things got repetitive or even forced at times. I had similar vibes with Happy Place. 🙇🏻‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Bullying

Toxic friendship, cheating, Contains cussing, God’s name in vain, sexual content, LGBTQIA representation

heftsi's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

k8lynn's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

friends to lovers! ONE BED!

heresyourletter's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-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

2.5

Easy beach read that uses lots of contemporary romance tropes. I didn’t find it laugh out loud funny and felt some plot aspects could have been fleshed out more, but there were some witty lines that made me smile.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Pregnancy

One of the main character’s mothers passes away in childbirth before the story begins. There is discussion of how the character’s father never recovered from his grief. One main character recounts several instances of bullying from her childhood. One character is made fun of (in an unnecessarily aggressive way) by two other characters for liking reality tv. One character gets pneumonia (there is a detailed account of her illness). One minor character is described smoking marijuana. Another minor character smokes a cigarette. Lots of drinking (including one scene where the two in characters get quite drunk). A few mentions of pets that passed away. Several brief sex scenes. Occasional use of “f*ck” and other swear words.

One character has a pregnancy scare, but the tests come back negative. One character has a vasectomy. Although there is no physical cheating, the two main characters are physically affectionate and emotionally intimate, even when they are in relationships with other people. The two main characters go to therapy (separately) to work out their issues.

daniofthewood's review

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, and Mental illness

elisabethc01's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Infertility, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic relationship

krosebooks's review

challenging emotional funny inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I love that the characters have no reason to love each other, but despite their differences love each other anyway. Emily Henry had me laughing and swooning. 

If you liked When Harry Met Sally this is the book for you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

gracescanlon's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What in the contrived-barely-a-reason-not-to-be-together…?

Still, adorable, and I’m a little mad about it. How can the thing keeping these two apart be so DUMB, but the book be enjoyable enough to earn 4 stars? Ugh. I’m annoyed at myself for seeing this book’s glaring flaw and liking it anyway, and I’m annoyed with Ms. Henry for charming me enough to do so.

4 stars — begrudgingly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

nineinchnails's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad 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

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23/12/2023



they could never make me hate u <3333

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first read: 13/07/2021



was crying almost the whole way through i love poppy and alex so much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy

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