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bobinsbooknook's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Picked this up as a light holiday read and my first Emily Henry book.
It is the super cheesy, friends to lovers, grumpy meets sunshine style romance which I expected but as with many Rom-com romances the miscommunication trope towards the end really felt like a big swing and a miss.
It did feel a bit repetitive with recounting each of the past summers though enjoyed seeing Alex’s character develop over that time though did find Poppy pretty irritating.
Though it was a lighthearted Rom-com, I felt that there was just so much cheesy interactions between Poppy and Alex to which had me more often eye rolling that actually buying into the romance.
I have some other Emily Henry books on my TBR, so hoping the plots and characters are more intriguing and the writing style itself wasn’t too bad.
It is the super cheesy, friends to lovers, grumpy meets sunshine style romance which I expected but as with many Rom-com romances the miscommunication trope towards the end really felt like a big swing and a miss.
It did feel a bit repetitive with recounting each of the past summers though enjoyed seeing Alex’s character develop over that time though did find Poppy pretty irritating.
Though it was a lighthearted Rom-com, I felt that there was just so much cheesy interactions between Poppy and Alex to which had me more often eye rolling that actually buying into the romance.
I have some other Emily Henry books on my TBR, so hoping the plots and characters are more intriguing and the writing style itself wasn’t too bad.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death of parent
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
emily henry might be the only contemporary romance author to melt my cold cold heart
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying and Death of parent
Minor: Drug use
em_hudson03101's review
adventurous
emotional
reflective
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
4.0
Not my favorite Emily Henry book. I really enjoyed the talk of travel and the destinations the characters visited, but felt that much of the book was repetitive. The ending was predictable (as the case with most rom-coms), but this book makes for an easy summer read or palate cleanser after a heavy dense read.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death of parent
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.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying and Death of parent
cielosiluminado'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
3.0
It’s fascinating. How so much of love is about who you are with someone.
i really wanted to love this because poppy and alex were so cute and funny. but sadly i personally can’t rate it higher because of the lack of communication being the reason why they went 2 years no contact + 12 years in total of being in love with each other but doing nothing. it was so frustrating when reading and learning more of their background/relationship, and seeing how blatantly the lack of communication made them (and me) suffer.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying and Grief
Minor: Animal death, Drug use, and Death of parent
sophiestbr's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
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? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
x_aura_x's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Drug use
leonorb's review
emotional
reflective
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent
kingsnail's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
- 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
How does Emily Henry always manage to share beautiful art that makes me feel things? And how does she write these beautiful and complex characters with years of history and inside jokes in a believable way?
This story always hits close to home for me in ways that I don’t fully understand. Yes, it includes mutually in love and terrified best friends (🙋♀️), and yes, they both decide they would rather have the other in their life forever, even if it means that they wouldn’t be a couple (🙋♀️), and they are fully accepting, understanding, and accommodating of the others social preferences and mental illnesses (🙋♀️), but it goes beyond that for me.
Feeling ashamed of but fiercely protective of quirky family, not feeling at home anywhere, not knowing what you want in your future.
What makes you who you are? How do you know who you are or what you want? How does the mortifying experience of allowing someone to know and love you fit in with figuring out who you are?
I sob through the epilogue and the revelations Poppy has about learning who you are and who you can be as a person or as a couple, being wholly known by someone, and how even when they aren’t the best versions of themselves, they always love the other and never want them to hurt
This story always hits close to home for me in ways that I don’t fully understand. Yes, it includes mutually in love and terrified best friends (🙋♀️), and yes, they both decide they would rather have the other in their life forever, even if it means that they wouldn’t be a couple (🙋♀️), and they are fully accepting, understanding, and accommodating of the others social preferences and mental illnesses (🙋♀️), but it goes beyond that for me.
Feeling ashamed of but fiercely protective of quirky family, not feeling at home anywhere, not knowing what you want in your future.
What makes you who you are? How do you know who you are or what you want? How does the mortifying experience of allowing someone to know and love you fit in with figuring out who you are?
I sob through the epilogue and the revelations Poppy has about learning who you are and who you can be as a person or as a couple, being wholly known by someone, and how even when they aren’t the best versions of themselves, they always love the other and never want them to hurt
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying and Death of parent
Minor: Pregnancy
literarypenguin's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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
5.0
People We Meet On Vacation was a lovely story about two best friends over a decade of friendship realizing that that friendship might be becoming more than that. It shows how they both deal with these growing feelings and how far they are both willing to go to give this a chance.
I adored the different vacation spots and settings we got in this book, how Poppy & Alex got to travel to different locations. How diverse these locations were and truly beautiful these places are! I wish I could go to some of these places myself. The vacations were also important to showing the development of their friendship over the years and how they became friends and eventually lovers in the end of the book.
Poppy was such a free spirit and bubbly character! I loved her thrill of adventure and wanting to see the world. It was such a sharp contrast to Alex's more reserved and organized nature. They were truly two people who nobody would ever think of as friends but they made it work super well. It was an opposites attract situation and a true friends to lovers written beautifully well! The tension was great and the banter between them really was funny and had me laughing out loud at parts.
I also loved the ending of how both of them had to make a compromise if they wanted to give this relationship a chance, how sacrifices had to be made to be with each other if that is what they truly wanted. I loved this book and is one of my favorite friends to lovers books ever!
I adored the different vacation spots and settings we got in this book, how Poppy & Alex got to travel to different locations. How diverse these locations were and truly beautiful these places are! I wish I could go to some of these places myself. The vacations were also important to showing the development of their friendship over the years and how they became friends and eventually lovers in the end of the book.
Poppy was such a free spirit and bubbly character! I loved her thrill of adventure and wanting to see the world. It was such a sharp contrast to Alex's more reserved and organized nature. They were truly two people who nobody would ever think of as friends but they made it work super well. It was an opposites attract situation and a true friends to lovers written beautifully well! The tension was great and the banter between them really was funny and had me laughing out loud at parts.
I also loved the ending of how both of them had to make a compromise if they wanted to give this relationship a chance, how sacrifices had to be made to be with each other if that is what they truly wanted. I loved this book and is one of my favorite friends to lovers books ever!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, and Death of parent
Moderate: Drug use, Grief, and Pregnancy
Minor: Animal death