Wednesday, March 8, 2023

People we meet on vacation

 Author: Emily Henry

After Book Lovers, my assessment of Emily Henry just kept going down hill. If Beach Read  was passable, then this book was not even worth picking up. 

It started well, with the main characters Poppy and Alex on a vacation. From long since, they had decided to take a summer vacation to new places together. Then Poppy got a job at one of the travel magazines and that just made it easier to do this every year. They were like best friends, loved spending together and had known each other a long time. On one of their vacations, a rift happened between the two and they did not talk for 2 years. Then suddenly one day, Poppy decided to text Alex and I felt like almost instantly things were back to normal. They decided to go on a vacation together again. There they did what they had done before, what had caused the rift; and once again it caused problems to them.

It totally beats me how can 2 people not talk to each other, intentionally, for 2 years and then suddenly be talking again and going on a vacation. What I did like about the book was how it was written - past and present interleaved. If you're expecting a new plot line here, you will be disappointed. 

With this book, I put a stop to reading any more by this author (are there more?).

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