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

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

You can't outrun yourself. Not your history, not your fears, not the parts of yourself you're worried are wrong.

I enjoyed this read, even with the "millennial ennui" it brought out in me. I liked the back and forth chapters between "this summer" and the revisiting/slow reveal of how Alex and Poppy's friendship developed and grew. 

If I had binge read this straight through, it would have totally engrossed me from start to finish, and I often did stay up late reading more than intended. I did not binge read it though, and everytime I did come back to it, I often got confused about timelines and plots and would get to the end of a chapter and not fully know if it was a past vacation or present day chapter. I also found the allusions to what happened in Croatia dragged out a bit longer than necessary 



Addendum: the UK published title is You and Me on Vacation?! I kinda think that fits the story waaaaay more than People You Meet. Like it kinda shoehorned in on Poppy's love of travel being the people she met along the way I guess, but really it's about her and Alex through and through