The memories they made. Soon, they reunite in Palm Springs for the first time in two years. Emily Henry is an American New York Times bestselling author best known for her romance novels Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation.
I found the way they reconnected to be a forced plot point. They haven't spoken since. Maybe it was because Alex is supposed to be kind of a boring, humorless person? Since then they have not spoken. As the book flashes back to their past summers, it details their early trips to Nashville, San Francisco, New Orleans, Vail etc. Poppy found herself thing about how much she loved Alex, but she also realized that he wanted more stability in life, whereas she craved spontaneity and adventure. They have nothing in common. Two best friends Ten summer trips. After writing several young adult novels, Henry's first adult romance novel, Beach Read, was released in 2020. The last day on that trip, Poppy finally realized she was in love with Alex. I've heard her other books are better so I'm going to check at least one more out. Reviews for People We Meet on Vacation.
I felt the trembling emotions that come from being together, even from sharing the same common space, as our travels connect us with people we may not have initially felt we had anything in common with. With Poppy feeling dissatisfied in life despite having her dream job, she reaches back out to Alex. This impressive and superb novel will keep you up for many days and nights as it tells a great story for the reader of all ages. 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 '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. If (like me) you're not sold on the friends-to-lovers trope, this is the book that just might win you over. This is told in dual timelines of "past" summers and "present" summer. I really enjoyed the HEA even though that sometimes gets on my nerves. The last time she'd traveled with Alex was two years ago to Croatia, and there has been a rift in their friendship since then. 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? But two years ago there was a rift in their friendship, and they haven't spoken since.
However, I was able to see past the gaps in their communication and see all the love that miraculously existed even when everything else in life felt wrong and irrational. The book opens five summers ago, with Poppy Wright, a travel blogger, on vacation with her best friend Alex Nilson, a high school literature teacher, on Sanibel Island. Not a relationship! " In January 2016 she published her first novel The Love That Split the World. For more detail, see the full Section-by-Section Summary. 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. "I would or I wouldn't, but in end there would be someone and I didn't think my heart could take that. 3/5I'm not quite sure how I feel.
It describes how Poppy and Alex met as freshmen at the University of Chicago, twelve years ago. By reading this book, I began my own journey as I traveled to a whole new dimension with the reverberation and tingling of tastes, sights, smells, touches, and feelings. They agree to go on one more trip, and Poppy is determined to finally set things right. However, I found that the seriousness and rich depth of their connection came out better in the latter parts of the book, which completely won me over and more than made up for my frustration at drowning in calculating wit.
And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together—lay everything on the table, make it all right. 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. "That crush on happiness, the feeling that it's about being in a beautiful place with someone you love. But at the start of this novel they have been estranged and Poppy wants to change that. His first young adult novel was published in 2016. Meanwhile, Alex re-connects with Sarah, his college crush, and they start dating. 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. They would end up with annoying misunderstandings that felt real and disastrous, like the unrelenting heat that blazed up on their recent vacation. 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.
She studied creative writing at Hope College and the New York Center for Art & Media Studies and now spends most of her time in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the part of Kentucky just beneath it. She tweets @EmilyHenryWrite. And I don't always like it because it feels too real. They realize they love each other (as friends).
Poppy has everything she should want, but she's stuck in a rut. In present day, with things reaching a fever pitch in the oppressive heat, suddenly it starts to rain, and in the relief of it, they start kissing and have sex. I loved traveling through them vicariously. The mystery, suspense, and beauty of the characters make for a compelling and stunning read. Then this book will speak with you. She's a wild child; he wears khakis. 4/5I 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. However, Alex is way nicer than Harry at much more Alex and Poppy bond on their road trip home from college, they decide to start taking a trip together every summer – as friends. He studied creative writing at Hope College and the now defunct Center for Art and Media Studies in New York.
And somehow, they've been best friends ever since that fateful carpool ride from college many years ago. Genre: Contemporary Women Fiction. Seriously, it's so damn valuable and if I could bottle it and use it as a perfume I would because service is my love language. 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. This novel is a masterpiece for all the readers who are the true fan of great fiction. » slow, slow romance.
Henry is so good at character development. Millennial boredom anyone? I like romances with more humor.
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