People We Meet on Vacation
NOW A NETFLIX FILM! • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Funny Story comes a sparkling novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations.
Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.
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?
Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.
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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Emily Henry books are like receiving the biggest warmest hug on the planet. This was the perfect book to read as a wrap up to summer. I have no bad things to say about this book. Literally no bad things.
People We Meet on Vacation might be my favorite Emily Henry book. Point blank period. My big ole grinch heart grew 3 sizes just from emotional roller coaster that was the last 3 chapters (and epilogue) alone. The chemistry between Alex and Poppy, the banter, the sarcasm, the time jumping back and forth between vacations, all of it kept me wanting more.
This book gives me the warm and fuzzies but does nothing to cease my ever-growing need to travel the world (despite being on a teacher’s salary), and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
People We Meet on Vacation might be my favorite Emily Henry book. Point blank period. My big ole grinch heart grew 3 sizes just from emotional roller coaster that was the last 3 chapters (and epilogue) alone. The chemistry between Alex and Poppy, the banter, the sarcasm, the time jumping back and forth between vacations, all of it kept me wanting more.
This book gives me the warm and fuzzies but does nothing to cease my ever-growing need to travel the world (despite being on a teacher’s salary), and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
This book was so stinking cute! It would make the perfect Rom-Com! This is my first Emily Henry and I plan to read many more of her books now that I see what all the fuss is about.
Poppy and Alex are complete opposites, but their unlikely college friendship turns into the most important relationship in both their lives. Every year they take a summer trip together, creating memories that blur the line between platonic and something more. After a falling out leaves them estranged, Poppy realizes she has felt unhappy ever since. Determined to fix things, she plans one last trip to finally confront what their connection really means.
And now for another review of a book I read bc I bought it…this isn’t my genre, like at all. But if you saw & felt the special edition you will understand just why I bought it. It is heavier than a normal hardcover and I liked that. It gave me the same feeling a weighted blanket does. So yeah, I got the book for that dumb reason and I read it bc I had to.
I was also on a deadline with this one bc the movie comes out in January (I think, or is it a series?) so I had to read the book before I even watched that. And you know what, I was pleasantly surprised. Also don’t hate me- but despite having the book I ended up listening to the audiobook instead 🥴
So back to what I was saying…pleasantly surprised. This one was cutesy but had its ick-giving moments. And the ending, did make me tear up. This book is 100% about love, connection, and relationships and I’m so happy I tackled this read and gave it a chance. Now I don’t feel as guilty for owning it 🤭
Trigger warnings: Alcohol use, emotional hurt and miscommunication, grief references, parental illness, mention of death, anxiety, panic attack (brief), past car accident
I just love the best friends to lovers story of Alex and poppy. Different from the movie, but still warm and heartfelt.
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