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A review by thisreadingcorner
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
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