Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

16 reviews

chronicacademia's review

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

nabaraditi's review

funny lighthearted 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Bullying and Toxic relationship

midwesternreads's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.25

I have very mixed feelings on this one, and I think it’s just my own personal preference but here we go. 

I liked:
-jumping back and forth in time
-the general idea of having that big vacation with your best friend. 
-the writing style. Even though I had mixed feelings I wanted to listen to it all. 

I did not like:
-Poppy. She drove me bananas. Just needed a smack. 
-the vacations when they got to the point where they clearly shouldn’t have been happening but they were. 
-the build up to the incident. All this build up and then it didn’t feel that intense. 
-the fact that they’re friendship hurt others. I’ve experienced that. It’s not fun. And I struggled hearing that. 

Like I said, my own personal feelings for sure. But I still enjoyed a few things and I can see why people would find this book likeable. I mean, the flow of the book itself was awesome.

But… I think Alex deserved better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

kfmcf's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

liminalnotes's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.5

I really wanted to love this book because I love the best friends to lovers trope. But as this book went on, I felt like it dragged too much. The amount of miscommunication here is too much for me. It got so tiring that I was so glad when I finally got to the epilogue. There are still some enjoyable bits here and there but I just really disliked this overall and the dragging last third of the book really didn't help. I guess having high expectations for a trope I loved made the disappointment hit harder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

meghanm404's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic friendship

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol