People We Meet on Vacation
Ratings488
Average rating3.9
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Ratings488
Average rating3.9
Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers and Beach Read comes a sparkling novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations.
Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.
Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven't spoken since.
Poppy has everything she should want, but she’s stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together—lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees.
Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong?
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Definitely not my cup of tea. I hadn't believed in this relationship for one second.
One of the most frustrating books I've ever read. Really puts the ‘slow' in slow burn. But it was nice to feel all romance-y
This is one of the best romances I've ever read. It has Love, Rosie vibes which I loved and I was a sobbing mess by the end. A wild ride from start to finish.
It was incredibly funny with witty banter and entertaining dialogue but also really profound at the same time. This is everything I could ever want in a romance. It really has some of FAVORITE tropes.
That is not to say that this book was perfect. The entire time we are building up to the Croatia trip and what caused their “friendship” breakup but when we actually get there, the pay off is very disappointing. I was left feeling like, that's it? this is what made you not talk to each other for two years?. Alex, at times, was really prickly and that kind of ruined it for me. Also, the miscommunication trope is...used. But I still freaking loved it. This book got me out of a reading slump!
2.75/5 Stars
I'm honestly debating whether to give this two stars or keep it at three stars.
For the first 90% of this book, I was absolutely loving it and was planning on giving it four stars. But then the last 10% of this book happened and I honestly hated it. It ruined everything for me.
But I don't think the problem is with this book. It deserves all the hype and all the stars. Emily Henrie is the literary definition of a talented author.
The problem is with me. This book just wasn't for me. I found the main character's job unrealistic. I felt like the buildup fell flat. And while I did enjoy Poppy and Alex's relationship, I also didn't think it was anything special. I didn't think Alex was anything special. But I didn't even realize this until the characters were finally together. Like I should have been excited but I was literally just like, “meh...“
Idk. It wasn't for me.
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