People We Meet on Vacation

Fun story for days when you need easy listening. I wasn't prepared for the sex scenes so I dropped it a star. they are excessive, just unexpected when they popped up.

Boring and so so Predictable. Honestly the best part of this book was the last few minutes of the Epilogue. That is when the author actually talks about meeting people while on vacation. (The title of the book). I thought, well finally,there is the story I thought I was going to read...Maybe if she comes out with a part two and actually picks up at the Epilogue then I would give that one a chance. Of course Julia Whelan was amazing at narrating but I was completely dissatisfied with the story. I gave two stars because I did laugh at some of the authors witty humor that is sprinkled throughout.

I’m going to start reading more from this author! This one was precious! I found the characters so real and endearing! I laughed and cried! Altogether just a lovely book!

I thought this too cute book would never end.Because I finish what I start ( ingrained habit), I kept listening—hope against hope that the story would make a literary turn, or any turn away from flat characters & it its way too obvious mind numbing attempts at cute and sassy.It is endlessly boring and full of monotonous cliche.

The author obviously knows how to write, but my gosh! This “story” was more a non-story that went on and on. Not much to it, but teenage angst emotions. Sorry I wasted my credits on it.

I don't think I've been this disappointed in a book in a long time. The word book, to me, evokes enjoyment and being transported to another time and place. This book requires the reader to believe the dumbest plot ever and to stick with it. Frankly, too far flung and dumb for me. The only reason I give a one star is because cannot give zero.

I found these characters to be so unrelatable and cringey. I could not understand any of their decisions and the language was so over the top. I liked beach read but this book had me rolling my eyes a lot.

The narration was excellent, but the story was a little too on the nose. I guess I am not much for a love story full of misunderstandings …revelations. That being said it was witty just a little too predictable.

Loved this book. Julia Whelan always knocks it out of the park with narration so thats a given. The story here was unique and kept me interested and engaged the whole time, forever teasing the inevitable. The characters (namely Poppy) were PHENOMENAL and I wish I could be friends with, well, almost all of them -never have I wanted to spend time with a fictional person so much as I do Poppy. She would make an excellent travel companion! This was the first book by Emily Henry I have read/listened to, but after devouring every witty word, I will definitely be going back to check out her other books!THEME MATTERS!!!!

I struggled with this book, so much. Debated many times if i should finish it, I just couldn't feel interest in Poppy and Alex's story, they just seemed to just not make it happen but nothing really stops them? Anyway, glad is over.

This is a mostly sad story, with a happy ending. For the most part the story is a bit depressing and it keeps mentioning one thing that happened without getting into the details.

This book had so much potential in the premise but it went nowhere with it. Poppy spends most of her time talking about how great Alex is or crying. There is truly not a lot of middle ground there. She’s basically a manic pixie dream girl, but more annoying. I also though the narrators voice for Alex was weird and it totally took me out of the story every time Alex had a line of dialogue, which was a lot. Skip this one.

In my view a love story only works if the lovers are appealing to the reader. Between Whalen's lame male voice(I typically love her!)andfriend/boyfriend's limited vocabulary and wardrobe, I wasn't feeling the chemistry.He reads like a stoner. Immature plot.Maybe this wasn't meant for adults.

This book was delightful! Like any good romantic comedy, you laugh out loud, smile and grow increasingly annoyed at the amount of time the main characters don’t just get together already! But you still find yourself intrigued and cheering for them!

This book just dragged on! I usually don't write bad reviews but this story just didn't do it for me. I was going to return it halfway through but audible did not let me return. I guess too many books I did not care for and returned?!? So, I finish it, but really didn't care for the whole back and forth for no good reason! Ugh.

The narrator’s pitch for Poppy when she is with Alex fills me with rage. Like being locked in a van full of high pitched teenagers for 8 hours. So. Bad. Don’t do it.

Emily Henry’s writing is very good, and the dialog was snappy.But I never could relate to, or care about, either Poppy or Alex.Julia Whelan was great as usual.

Wow- what a waste of a credit! By page 2 you know how it will end. Not very well developed characters- just wayyyyyy too precious, pretty boring and silly.

Listen I like romance as much as anyone but I feel like a little bit of an actual story could’ve helped this book along. It’s 100% all about how bad these two dummies want to bang each other, that’s it. Very predictable, pretty steamy but incredibly boring. Not for me, I know a lot of people really like this kind of thing but I had a hard time finishing it.

Very slow moving, predictable, and anti-climactic. Poppy is an unsatisfied, spoiled millennial and Alex is so bland that it's cringy. Their banter feels like it's straight out of a Hallmark/Lifetime movie. There are a few good laughs, interesting people-watching, and plenty of sexual tension. But overall, I'm really not sure how this was a New York Times Bestseller.