People We Meet on Vacation

In a couple of her books, Emily Henry writes this really specific flavor of character who just kind of lets life happen to them and doesn’t seem to have much agency or oomph. Alex is a sweetie, but he is that person. I ultimately was so frustrated by the way these two just kind of floated around each other for a decade, never being honest with themselves or each other.

I also don’t prefer books that flip back and forth between past and present for the duration of the book. To me, it makes both timelines move too slowly.