People We Meet on Vacation (Netflix) — Book vs Movie Review + Ending & Biggest Changes (Emily Henry)

Netflix has officially brought Emily Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation to the screen, and Megan + Sherine are diving in while it’s fresh. The hosts unpack how the film handles the novel’s dual timelines, friends-to-lovers tension, and that “why didn’t they just TALK?” two-year fallout.

They get into what worked (hello, chemistry, pacing, and genuinely funny moments), what felt off at first (a more manic-pixie-leaning Poppy early on), and how the adaptation streamlined character motivation in ways that made the story hit cleaner in a 2-hour runtime.

Plus: the most important book-to-movie differences—family dynamics and side characters that got trimmed, how Sarah reads very differently on screen, and the film’s version of the final love-declaration beat.

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