People We Meet on Vacation

By: Emily Henry

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's Summary

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers and Beach Read comes a sparkling novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations.

Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.

Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. 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. 

Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven't spoken since. 

Poppy has everything she should want, but she’s stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together—lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees. 

Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong?

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Newsweek ∙ Oprah Magazine ∙ The Skimm ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Parade ∙ The Wall Street Journal ∙ Chicago Tribune ∙ PopSugar ∙ BookPage ∙ BookBub ∙ Betches ∙ SheReads ∙ Good Housekeeping ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ Business Insider ∙ Real Simple ∙ Frolic ∙ and more!

©2021 Emily Henry (P)2021 Penguin Audio

Critic Reviews

“What Henry is especially skilled at is writing dialogue. The banter between Poppy and Alex is so natural, quick and witty that it would make Shonda Rhimes do a slow clap.” (The Associated Press)

“The strength of People We Meet on Vacation [is] the clever observations, the dialogue (which is laugh-out-loud funny) and, most particularly, the characters. Funny and fumbling and lovable, they’re most decidedly worth the trip." (The Wall Street Journal)

“Henry’s biggest strength is in the sparkling, often laugh-out-loud-funny dialogue, particularly the banter-filled conversations between Poppy and Alex. The end result is a story that pays homage to classic romantic comedies while having a point of view all its own. A warm and winning When Harry Met Sally update that hits all the perfect notes.” (Kirkus Reviews)

I couldn’t finish

I tried really hard and actually made it to chapter 33 before I just couldn’t do it anymore. (And I was listening while packing my house to move so even making it that far was partly situational). It is the same thing over and over and over. Best friends secretly in love, sexual tension, hurt feelings, misunderstandings, keeping everything bottled in for the sake of the other person. That’s it on repeat. Exhausting.

Ridiculous

Please… so unbelievable. So boring. So bad. Don’t do it. Pick something else, you’re welcome.

I loved every second of this book

I read Beach Read last year and instantly fell in love with the narrator, Julia Whelan and the author Emily Henry. I knew when this book came out I needed to read it. I’m a die hard fantasy reader but there’s something about this authors writing that is so easy and addicting to read. Julia Whelan has also become my favorite narrator and I’ve already read 3 books shes narrated.

I highly recommend this book if your looking for something to get lost into and laugh out loud.

Slow, boring storyline

I kept waiting for it to get interesting and it just ... didn’t. Chapter after chapter of unnecessary and prolonged sexual tension. I love Julia Weylan’s work, but the book itself was just flat.

Such a fantastic book

I love this book! I have laughed out loud and cried while reading this book and will most likely re-listen and feel all the emotions again.

Title misleading, maybe, but loved the book.

The book is more about the crazy mixed up lives of the two main characters and not so much about the people they met on their vacations. Once I got into the book I was hooked. I wasn't a fan of some of the foul language, but not much of it though. I really enjoyed this book and it was different than other mixed up relationship books. The characters were pleasing and funny at times. Don't pass it up. I'm looking forward to another book by Emily Henry. Julia Whelan is one of my favorite narrators.

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I found this book to be just so-so. If it was written to require very little of the listener’s attention then it’s a raging success. It’s without substance and the progression of the two main characters’ relationship is quite predictable. If you’re looking to mindlessly hear a story this is the book for you.

Wow. Just when you think Emily couldn’t get any better.

This book surpassed all of my expectations. I really was not prepared for how much it made me feel. There was one part in it where I was legitimately sobbing because I could understand what Poppy was feeling to my core. When she was talking about how Sarah didn’t even like karaoke (and Alex does) 😭 I put myself in her shoes and could feel her emotions. Emily has an insane way of being able to create such real lifelike characters. You 100% need to read this book right now. I can’t wait for her next one. Also this narrator is insanely talented. 💕

Feelings

This is such an easy listen, I love me some romance books that tap into your feelings and emotions and Emily Henry has done it again. Would definitely recommend to anyone who’s looking to get that fix.

Encore!!!!

Emily Henry Must Be Cloned!!!! That’s the only way I think we can ever have an acceptable amount of her work! I loved this story! It leaves me wanting to go everywhere and nowhere, except to her next book!