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    People We Meet on Vacation
    People We Meet on Vacation
    People We Meet on Vacation
    Audiobook10 hours

    People We Meet on Vacation

    Written by Emily Henry

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

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    About this audiobook

    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.

    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?


    Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Newsweek ∙ Oprah Magazine ∙ The Skimm ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Parade ∙ The Wall Street Journal ∙ Chicago Tribune ∙ PopSugar ∙ BookPage ∙ BookBub ∙ Betches ∙ SheReads ∙ Good Housekeeping ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ Business Insider ∙ Real Simple ∙ Frolic ∙ and more!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Audio
    Release dateMay 11, 2021
    ISBN9780593346808
    People We Meet on Vacation
    Author

    Emily Henry

    Emily Henry is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers, People We Meet on Vacation, and Beach Read, as well as the coauthor of Hello Girls with Brittany Cavallaro. She lives and writes in Cincinnati and the part of Kentucky just beneath it. Find her on Instagram @EmilyHenryWrites.

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    • 3/5
      Well done on audio, Julia Whalen's voice makes the most of Emily Henry's witty dialogue - 5 stars for that. Great escape fiction with laugh-out-loud moments and some steamy romance. The downside is the utterly frustrating relationship dynamics of not talking, not listening, not even trying to behave with some growing maturity, over and over again (wonder what I would have thought if I had read this in my own 20-something years, because now it just makes me crazy) - 2 stars for that.
    • 2/5
      People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry is a 2021 Berkley publication.

      I have had this one on my TBR list for several years, sort of saving it back for when I was hit with a 'beach read' mood. I enjoyed Henry’s other novels and had no doubt I’d enjoy this one too.

      Unfortunately, though, the various vignettes that highlighted Alex and Poppy’s relationship and the various vacation spots they enjoyed, the close calls where the friendship came close to crossing a line started out interesting, emotional, funny, and poignant, but slowly began to feel repetitive...

      and yes, I've seen' When Harry Met Sally'- and I don't mind homages- or even retellings for that matter- but...

      I started to feel impatient with the drama- most of which I was unable to connect or relate to and I started to get a little bored at times, checking to see how many chapters were left.

      I ended up asking myself if I even liked these characters, but realized I was more apathetic than anything else. At the 70 percent mark, I decided to just skim through to the end as the banter and drama had truly run out of steam by then.

      Even the big emotional moment everyone was waiting for failed to launch- I was completely dry-eyed- not even a little lump in the throat- no big sighs or happy tears....

      I hate that I couldn’t get into this one. I see it was well received overall, but it just ‘didn’t speak to me’.

      2 stars
    • 5/5
      Really enjoyed this one.
    • 5/5
      I LOVED this book! I'm on an Emily Henry binge (listening to them and loving the narrator just as much.) This book was such a feel-good story, so funny that I often laughed out loud. I'm going to be reading this again and hope the movie does it justice.
    • 4/5
      Despite my reticence for the genre, I felt like I needed to read all EH books that make the rounds. Each one I read I have issues with, and then someone will say oh, but this other one is better. I fall for it every time.
      This is still a tolerable romance, the banter is top tier, the shared history is such a fun relationship to read. But then despite the decade of history they share they do whatever the heck that was in the last 20%. Just believe each other already.
      Anyway, that concludes my read-thru of EH, and she hasn't totally converted to me the genre but I can see why people like these.
    • 4/5
      {stand alone; fiction, romance, friendship} (2021)

      This is the story of how Poppy and Alex met, as narrated by Poppy, gradually became best friends and spent every summer holiday since travelling together as platonic friends even when they had their own partners. It alternates between the present holiday (‘this summer’) and snippets from the earlier ones starting 12 years ago and progressing in sequence. However ‘something’ happened two years ago, since when they have stayed out of touch. Poppy wants to revive their friendship and tries to recreate the type of budget holiday they used to share before she got her dream job writing for a travel and leisure magazine which paid for glamorous stays.

      This was fun and I did like the almost nonsensical, non sequitur nature of the banter especially between Poppy and Alex. This quote had me giggling Touching is such second nature to me that once I accidentally hugged my dishwasher repairman when I let him out of the apartment, at which point he graciously told me he was married, and I congratulated him.Essentially this is the story of how they finally get together after twelve years of being best friends and maintaining a platonic friendship so they wouldn't risk losing the only person in their respective lives who truly gets them (even though they are polar opposites in personality). But I admit I didn’t really understand why they didn’t get together earlier, once Poppy realised she had feelings for Alex and she could see (occasionally) that he had feelings for her. Every one around them could see they were in love (sorry if that’s a spoiler but I think that’s fairly obvious from the premise of the book) but Poppy kept insisting she was ‘not going to marry Alex Nilsen’ even though there seemed to be all sorts of signals - which was a bit confusing.

      And, following THE format, the obligatory misunderstanding at the end was unnecessary especially since (as we’re told at the beginning of the story) they had a misunderstanding two years ago which resulted in them being incommunicado until (per the chapter headings) ‘this summer’. Rather than that, it might have been nice to see Alex’s point of view of how or when he realised he’d fallen in love with her.

      On the plus side for me, the ‘bedroom scenes’ weren’t as graphic as my last two in this genre, thankfully.

      I feel that Henry may have had ideas in her mind that haven’t fully been expressed in the story; the prologue is set five years ago and though I thought ‘Oh, okay’ when I got to the five years ago chapter it wasn’t all that significant. I think this could have been a tighter story if she’d left it to think about and then come back to it. I wish authors would stop using the present tense for things that happened in the past; even the flashbacks were narrated in the present tense, which was confusing.

      (June 2023)
      3.25 stars
    • 4/5
      Poppy and Alex meet at college, and they are quite a mismatched pair. However, they have a friendship that is solid. Although they live in different places, they still meet each summer for a trip. That all changed 2 years earlier in Croatia, when something happened, and they stopped talking. Now, there is a chance for another trip, and Poppy hopes that she can make Alex see her as more than a friend.
      Sweet romance, modeled after When Harry Met Sally.
    • 3/5
      Not my cup of tea, but I read it anyway.
    • 4/5
      Beach Read didn’t appeal to me as much as I’d expected a romance about two authors to do, and this sounded even less like my cup of tea, so I went in with few expectations -- and was pleasantly surprised!

      Every year since Poppy and Alex became friends, they have taken a summer trip together -- except for last summer. The story alternates between the present, in which Poppy reaches out to Alex after two years of radio silence, and their previous vacations together. Even though I have different tastes from Poppy when it comes to travelling, I was interested in the exploration of a relationship over time, between two close friends who believe they want different things from life.
    • 5/5
      I whole-heartedly enjoyed this book. This book got me out of a 5 year reading slump. It does wonders, I swear! But I did enjoy how Emily Henry loves to indulge her readers with not only romance, but self discovery. By the end, I knew that our protagonist had found what she wanted and more, the man and the career!
    • 4/5
      Poppy and Alex are best friends, despite being so different in temperament and desires. But at the start of this novel they have been estranged and Poppy wants to change that. Told with backflashes, we clearly see what they both have been hiding from each other - they aren't just friends, they are in love with each other. This is a long journey to overcoming fear and seeing each other more clearly and finally to taking that leap of faith in each other and in the power of their feelings.
    • 4/5
      Best friends Poppy and Alex are basically opposites, but somehow, their friendship works. Every summer since college, they've taken a trip together, and had fantastic, hilarious, memorable times. But then, two years ago, something happened on their trip that broke their friendship. They've barely spoken since. And Poppy, despite the fact that she's achieved her career goals and is living her dream, is dealing with depression and a feeling that something is missing in her life. She texts Alex and invites him on one more summer trip, trying to recreate the magic and rekindle the old friendship.

      This is a fun summery read, with lots of fun travel descriptions and humorous mishaps. It's super obvious where the romance is going, to the point that the conflict seems manufactured. If you're looking for a fun, fairly low-stakes friends to lovers romance with some steamy scenes after a lot of will-they-or-won't-they, this will be just the thing for you.
    • 4/5
      (3.5)

      The romantic relationship was cute, but it falls into the traps that make me not love the friends to lovers trope. Overall an easy and fun read, but I wish the relationship had more of an impact on me than it did.
    • 4/5
      I think it would've been a good book if it hadn't taken so long to get to the issues... big lack of communication with these two people.
    • 3/5
      I'm not quite sure how I feel. I picked this up because it was the Goodreads Romance book of the year, but I'm sitting here, book finished, not understanding how it beat Love Hypothesis.

      Yes, it's a bit more adult in terms of where Alex and Poppy are in their lives, but the slow burn was more annoying and suffocating than enjoyable. The slow burn and recap of thirteen years of background constantly interrupting what was happening in the present was entirely too long. Poppy's indecisiveness about what she wants in life is a true representation of the millennial dilemma, but it came across as just ~350 pages of me screaming "You need therapy! Not a relationship!" [which admittedly does end up getting therapy. 325 pages in].

      But once the "happy ending" starts, its brutally pulled from you instantaneously for entirely stupid reasons and by the time it's given back it just...doesn't hit the same and it just feels like a "oh yeah just so it seems like I didn't waste your time, here's the "it's scary to love but worth it" trope, and then it sends you on your way feeling generally unfulfilled. I'm glad I read it, but it doesn't give me "award-worthy."
    • 3/5
      Alex and Poppy are total opposites. Somehow it works to make them best friends but not lovers. People You Meet on Vacation aspires to answer the age-old question – can men and women ever be just friends? Sound familiar? That’s because the author was inspired by the movie When Harry Met Sally. It even starts out with Alex and Poppy getting to know each other on a road trip. However, Alex is way nicer than Harry at much more reserved.

      After Alex and Poppy bond on their road trip home from college, they decide to start taking a trip together every summer – as friends. They don’t really see each other in person in between summer trips because their lives are so different. Alex becomes a high school teacher in the small town they grew up in and Poppy moves to New York City to write for a travel magazine.

      Something happened on their trip two years ago and they lost touch. After all that time with no contact, Poppy convinces Alex to take another trip with her. She actually doesn’t have to try that hard to get him to agree and this is where the book lost me. I found the way they reconnected to be a forced plot point. It just doesn’t seem likely that Alex would agree to go on a trip without any discussion of their issues or catching up at all beforehand. And once they got on the trip, I couldn’t feel much chemistry between them.

      For a rom-com, I thought it was lacking in com. I like romances with more humor. Maybe it was because Alex is supposed to be kind of a boring, humorless person? I’m not sure. I know this book got a lot of hype when it came out and people loved it but it was just not my cup of tea. I’m not going to write Emily Henry off just yet though. I’ve heard her other books are better so I’m going to check at least one more out. If you’re a fan, which one would you recommend?
    • 4/5
      Poppy and Alex are total opposites but have been friends for ten years, going on summer trips every year until that fateful trip to Croatia two years ago, which left their friendship strained and awkward. Unhappy at work, Poppy decides to take time off and go on one more vacation with Alex. Going back to her roots as a shoestring-budget vacation blogger and going to Alex's brother's wedding together should be the perfect way to rekindle their friendship, right?

      I really enjoyed Poppy's voice as she narrates this friends-to-lovers romance story, going back and forth between "This Summer" and previous trips she and Alex have taken together over the years. In the process, we see their friendship develop into something that they're not really willing to explore. It's a v-e-r-y slow burn (and kinda annoying in that way), and I related to Alex and his carefully thinking through than Poppy's impulsivity. But the ending was satisfying and I'd read more by Emily Henry.
    • 5/5
      This was a quick, fun read. I really enjoyed the HEA even though that sometimes gets on my nerves. I typically prefer dark and twisty reads, but this was a nice break from my typical. I'll definitely read her other books.
    • 4/5
      Poppy and Alex were best friends in college and continued their friendship even after Poppy dropped out, which is amazing considering their dramatically different personalities. To continue their friendship, they start taking summer trips together and do so for a decade through a variety of jobs, boyfriends, and girlfriends. They remain friends until their trip to Croatia. Since then, they haven't spoken and Poppy finds herself at a crossroads. She misses Alex and finds her current life unsatisfying, so she decides to try another trip, this time to the wedding of Alex's brother in California. What happens on this trip may determine the paths they take for the rest of their lives.

      The audience for People We Meet on Vacation is clearly millennials. As a result, I have mixed feelings about this novel. It is very well written, developing the characters and drawing out the reader's emotions. The book shows the dissatisfaction millennials experience after reaching their life goals when they should instead be searching for what makes them happy. This search makes some of the characters, especially Poppy, seem immature, ungrateful, and cowardly. The romance, however, is first rate and very sweet with love scenes that fade to black. The description of the many locations that Poppy and Alex visit is both enjoyable and hilarious. Overall, People We Meet on Vacation is a very good book with laugh out loud moments and a clear target audience.
    • 4/5
      Poppy and Alex have a fun relationship as friends who take summer trips together. They've had years to develop private jokes, hilarious memories of vacations gone wrong, etc. But each is missing something in their lives. The slow-burn love story is romantic and steamy and engaging, until the author overdoes the development. A tighter story would have been more engaging but romance readers will probably enjoy the back and forth of the relationship. I liked the humor.
    • 4/5
      An interesting romance. Loved both characters. Enjoyed the travel. A bit long.
    • 4/5
      Super cute and just the right amount of romance. The characters felt real and the complications to their relationship made sense. The way Henry built Alex and Poppy's relationship over several years' worth of vacations, worked really well giving background but didn't drag it out.
    • 1/5
      I really disliked this book. On the basis of a friend’s recommendation, I previously read Beach Read by Emily Henry and disliked it. I thought perhaps this book, being her second novel, would be better. It wasn’t.

      The story is told is mostly alternating chapters of “this summer” and previous summers, going back six summers ago, all from Poppy’s POV. Poppy and Alex are platonic friends who take a summer vacation together each year, at least until two years ago when something happened between them, and they have not spoken to one another for the two years since that last trip. What happened is the only mystery in the book. The rest is predictable.

      Over time, the reader finds out what happened two summers ago and the only mystery is solved. Honestly, it’s not that big of a deal. The “this summer” chapters are the main plot of the book as the couple do agree to take a summer trip together, and of course, the most obvious outcomes occurs.

      The writing has numerous issues. There are a few POV shifts, even mid-paragraph, which were disturbing to the flow of the prose. There is a plot hole regarding the vehicle with the flat tire. One minute they were on the side of the road with a flat, next minute they were back to their hotel. What happened to the car with the flat tire is never explained.

      The characters were typical millennials with their entitlement attitudes and feelings of ennui. I didn’t care for either Poppy or Alex. Neither were a character I could pull for. Poppy’s character was fairly well developed, but Alex’s character needed more development. I would like to have seen chapters from Alex’s POV to further know his thinking.

      A minor quibble is the overt drug use detailed in the book. I didn’t feel it was necessary and took away from the story Henry was trying to tell. Also the gay characters seemed forced into the plot just so the book could be LGBTQ friendly, but again, they could have been omitted and it been just as good of a story.

      The ending felt rushed. Henry did a decent job of showing us the scenery, characters, and the action, until the end. She switched to a more narrative telling of the details to finish the book sooner. If she needed to cut material, there was plenty she could have cut and made more room to improve the ending.

      I cannot recommend this book as it was disappointing. If you must read it, go to the library so as not to waste your money.
    • 4/5
      The author's narrative made the weak plot more enjoyable. This love story was so drawn out and unbelievable. How can Poppy not realize she loved Alex before twelve years, it made no sense. If you love a dramatic love story, this book will be worth the read.
    • 3/5
      Predictable, but fun, summer rom-com.
    • 5/5
      People We Meet on Vacation is a perfect romantic comedy. I loved both Alex and Poppy, felt joy, heartbreak, laughs and awkwardness just as they did. The secondary characters are also likable and fun.

      If you enjoyed “When Harry Met Sally” you will enjoy Emily Henry’s latest.
    • 4/5
      It’s sweltering this week and this read was the perfect choice. Trapped in a vacation home with no AC two old friends try to mend their relationship. If you loved Beach Read, definitely check this one out.

      “That crush of happiness, that feeling that this is what life‘s about: being somewhere beautiful, with someone you love.”

      “We’re happy, and even when we are not, it’s so much better than it was without him.”
    • 5/5
      I read this book in one day. Two friends, Alex and Poppy, take a vacaction together every summer. They have been best friends for a long time, but is their relationship more than a friendship? I laughed at the witty banter between Alex and Poppy and I cried over their love for another and desperately wanted them to end up together. I just loved it so much!
    • 4/5
      You and Me on Vacation (also published until the title People We Meet On Vacation) is a charming romantic comedy from Emily Henry.

      When Poppy met Alex (that’s a deliberate reference) on the first night of college O-week, their short conversation, and wildly disparate wardrobes, was enough to convince her that they never need speak again, but the pair are thrown together at the end of freshman year when they carpool home for the summer. Though the two quickly discover they have little in common, except that they were both raised in Linfield, Ohio, and dislike that boats are given female names, the road trip sparks a friendship that sees Poppy, and Alex promise to vacation together every summer.

      You and Me On Vacation unfolds over a period of about twelve years moving between the past, describing Poppy and Alex’s annual summer adventures, and the present, where the pair have tentatively reunited after an unnamed incident that caused a rift in their friendship. The structure works well to develop each character, and provide context for their relationship.

      Friends to lovers is my favourite romance trope so You and Me on Vacation had immediate appeal for me. I thought Henry’s portrayal of the connection between Poppy and Alex was wonderful. Their banter, studded with teasing, in-jokes and obvious affection, is funny and sweet, their chemistry is evident. I could relate to the pairs fears about ruining their friendship with a romantic entanglement, especially as they seem so incompatible, with Poppy’s carefree spirit contrasting with Alex’s steady nature.

      I imagine many twenty-somethings will likely relate to Poppy, one of Henry’s character’s refers to Poppy suffering ‘millennial ennui’, her career goal met, she’s restless and wondering what’s next. Though she thinks all will be solved by another vacation with Alex, to move on with her life, Poppy needs to deal with several issues, particularly those stemming from childhood bullying that affect how she sees herself and the decisions she makes.

      Witty and heartfelt, I found You and Me On Vacation to be an easy, engaging read.
    • 4/5
      This book was on my highly anticipated list for summer 2021. I have to say that I wasn't disappointed. I really liked it a lot, but not as much as I loved Emily Henry's Beach Read. I thought this book was just a little too drawn out. I liked the back story being given out a little at a time and I loved getting to know Poppy and Alex, but I think it could have been shorter and I would have liked it more. For romance lovers, this is a romance, but also falls in the women's fiction realm so if that is not your type of romance you may or may not like it. Solid 4 stars.