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wordsofclover 's review for:
You and Me on Vacation
by Emily Henry
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I received an audiobook copy of this book from the publishers via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
When Alex and Poppy met in college, they didn't really hit it off. But a semester later, a road trip kicks off a years long friendship that always comes together in an epic summer vacation every year. But two years ago, something happened and now they don't talk. But Poppy has managed to get Alex on one more holiday - this time to Palm Springs - and maybe with some fun and sun, things will be okay again.
Told in flashback vacations as well as the present day debacle to Palm Springs, this story was quite enjoyable and I didn't mind the audiobook version of it at all. Poppy is the typical 'not your average type of girl' girl while Alex is very much the standard 'dreamboat but doesn't know it'. There's a lot in this book that will really resonate and attract readers from friends to lovers, a lot of in jokes and comical moments, wanderlust, an emotional speech worthy of a rom com and a lot of sexual tension. A lot.
I have to say that there were times I found myself bored of Poppy and Alex and/or irritated by them and their togetherness. They are so much of a duo that even when you're reading about them you feel like a third wheel and that you should leave the room. And this is probably where I had some of my problems with the book - the whole story is about Poppy and Alex and we all know what is going to happen. It is inevitable - to the point where i honestly could not figure out why it had never happened before. It just felt a bit stupid that these guys weren't already a bonafide couple.
There was nothing necessarily off about this book for me. The story was fine, the writing was good, the characters were all right apart from me knowing that if I knew Poppy in real life she'd annoy the heck out of me. It was an alright book just not the emotional tearjerker it seems to have been for everyone else. Maybe it didn't help that for some reason I thought something really tragic was going to happen in this book, and it didn't. So every moment I was waiting for something terrible and it didn't happen.
I do recommend this if you're looking for a nice rom-com type book to read - definitely a good one for the beach or pool. And 100% the type of book to read if you need something to help with wanderlust in Covid times.
When Alex and Poppy met in college, they didn't really hit it off. But a semester later, a road trip kicks off a years long friendship that always comes together in an epic summer vacation every year. But two years ago, something happened and now they don't talk. But Poppy has managed to get Alex on one more holiday - this time to Palm Springs - and maybe with some fun and sun, things will be okay again.
Told in flashback vacations as well as the present day debacle to Palm Springs, this story was quite enjoyable and I didn't mind the audiobook version of it at all. Poppy is the typical 'not your average type of girl' girl while Alex is very much the standard 'dreamboat but doesn't know it'. There's a lot in this book that will really resonate and attract readers from friends to lovers, a lot of in jokes and comical moments, wanderlust, an emotional speech worthy of a rom com and a lot of sexual tension. A lot.
I have to say that there were times I found myself bored of Poppy and Alex and/or irritated by them and their togetherness. They are so much of a duo that even when you're reading about them you feel like a third wheel and that you should leave the room. And this is probably where I had some of my problems with the book - the whole story is about Poppy and Alex and we all know what is going to happen. It is inevitable - to the point where i honestly could not figure out why it had never happened before. It just felt a bit stupid that these guys weren't already a bonafide couple.
There was nothing necessarily off about this book for me. The story was fine, the writing was good, the characters were all right apart from me knowing that if I knew Poppy in real life she'd annoy the heck out of me. It was an alright book just not the emotional tearjerker it seems to have been for everyone else. Maybe it didn't help that for some reason I thought something really tragic was going to happen in this book, and it didn't. So every moment I was waiting for something terrible and it didn't happen.
I do recommend this if you're looking for a nice rom-com type book to read - definitely a good one for the beach or pool. And 100% the type of book to read if you need something to help with wanderlust in Covid times.