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A review by ebbiebooks
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
emotional
3.75
It was fine. I think my expectation might have been too high tbh. And I also kinda figured out while reading it that maybe the "friends to lovers" trope isn't for me.
I still had a good time reading the book, with a few ick inducing moments peppered throughout. Overall, it's sweet. There's maybe one or 2 sex scenes, but not super long and overall not ridiculously written either (like it's more tamed than Hazelwood imo).
I'm also a little bit "pissed" that we never really get the details on what actually happened to Poppy with her bullies. We do get some general informations, but never to the point where we can understand deeply why it was THAT bad, to the point it's still having an impact on the decision she makes for herself and her life. Like, I get bullying is bad and I wasn't lucky enough to not be bullied while in school, but as it's written, it doesn't feel bad to the extend it's supposed to be for Poppy. There's a disconnect, at least there was for me.
But yeah, I cried a whole lot as, somehow, it made me think about my friends, and the people I've lost in my life. The style of the writing is effective, and even though sometimes Poppy feels a little silly, it's not like she's written as an idiot either, which is nice. She does say/do stuff that annoyed me at time, but it wasn't too intense.
I might try another Henry's book, but I'll see depending of the tropes that she uses, since I've heard she has a specific recipe and I'm not necessarily down to read the "same" book another time from her.
I still had a good time reading the book, with a few ick inducing moments peppered throughout. Overall, it's sweet. There's maybe one or 2 sex scenes, but not super long and overall not ridiculously written either (like it's more tamed than Hazelwood imo).
I'm also a little bit "pissed" that we never really get the details on what actually happened to Poppy with her bullies. We do get some general informations, but never to the point where we can understand deeply why it was THAT bad, to the point it's still having an impact on the decision she makes for herself and her life. Like, I get bullying is bad and I wasn't lucky enough to not be bullied while in school, but as it's written, it doesn't feel bad to the extend it's supposed to be for Poppy. There's a disconnect, at least there was for me.
But yeah, I cried a whole lot as, somehow, it made me think about my friends, and the people I've lost in my life. The style of the writing is effective, and even though sometimes Poppy feels a little silly, it's not like she's written as an idiot either, which is nice. She does say/do stuff that annoyed me at time, but it wasn't too intense.
I might try another Henry's book, but I'll see depending of the tropes that she uses, since I've heard she has a specific recipe and I'm not necessarily down to read the "same" book another time from her.