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A review by spellbindingtomes
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-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? No
4.5
๐๐ฐ ๐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐'๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ท๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ก๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐.
โข
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐น ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ต๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฒ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ:
Poppy and Alex are two best friends with contrasting personalities who have vacationed together every summer for a decade. After a falling out two years ago, they haven't spoken. Feeling unfulfilled, Poppy convinces Alex to take one last trip together, hoping to repair their relationship. However, an unspoken truth complicates their connection.
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โข
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Something I appreciate about Emily's writing, after reading four of her books, is that she doesn't follow a single formula. The premise of each of her books are so different from the other which is probably why everyone seems to have their own favorite.
The same goes for all her FMCs. I always end up finding a piece of myself, however small, in each one. Poppy is someone who is flawed yet endearing in her genuineness. She's a vibrant extrovert grappling with a world that often misunderstands her exuberance. This leads to feelings of isolation and loneliness that fuels her personal journey to find the one person who truly appreciates her for who she is and places her at the center of their world, unaware that this perfect match has been by her side all along.
I LOVED Poppy and Alex! The combo of these two's clashing personalities was perfect! The delightful contrast between Poppy's sunny disposition and Alex's grumpiness created such an irresistible chemistry between them which led to witty exchanges and heartwarming moments.
Emily's ingenious storytelling alternates between past and present, weaving a narrative of memorable vacations that shows us the strong friendship Poppy and Alex have and the mounting tension. I wasn't much of a fan of the 3rd act breakup here, which is why this isn't a full 5-star, but the ending was really sweet.
PWMOV is a story that reminds us that sometimes what we're searching for is closer than we think.
Read if you love:
๐ดfriends to lovers
๐งณopposites attract
๐ดforced proximity
๐งณonly one bed
๐ดtravel romance
๐งณdual timelines
EmHen rankings:
1. Funny Story
2. Book Lovers
3. PWMOV
4. Beach Read
โข
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐น ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ต๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฒ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ:
Poppy and Alex are two best friends with contrasting personalities who have vacationed together every summer for a decade. After a falling out two years ago, they haven't spoken. Feeling unfulfilled, Poppy convinces Alex to take one last trip together, hoping to repair their relationship. However, an unspoken truth complicates their connection.
โข
โข
โข
Something I appreciate about Emily's writing, after reading four of her books, is that she doesn't follow a single formula. The premise of each of her books are so different from the other which is probably why everyone seems to have their own favorite.
The same goes for all her FMCs. I always end up finding a piece of myself, however small, in each one. Poppy is someone who is flawed yet endearing in her genuineness. She's a vibrant extrovert grappling with a world that often misunderstands her exuberance. This leads to feelings of isolation and loneliness that fuels her personal journey to find the one person who truly appreciates her for who she is and places her at the center of their world, unaware that this perfect match has been by her side all along.
I LOVED Poppy and Alex! The combo of these two's clashing personalities was perfect! The delightful contrast between Poppy's sunny disposition and Alex's grumpiness created such an irresistible chemistry between them which led to witty exchanges and heartwarming moments.
Emily's ingenious storytelling alternates between past and present, weaving a narrative of memorable vacations that shows us the strong friendship Poppy and Alex have and the mounting tension. I wasn't much of a fan of the 3rd act breakup here, which is why this isn't a full 5-star, but the ending was really sweet.
PWMOV is a story that reminds us that sometimes what we're searching for is closer than we think.
Read if you love:
๐ดfriends to lovers
๐งณopposites attract
๐ดforced proximity
๐งณonly one bed
๐ดtravel romance
๐งณdual timelines
EmHen rankings:
1. Funny Story
2. Book Lovers
3. PWMOV
4. Beach Read
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol