People We Meet on Vacation

Let's start with the good things: the characters were pretty well developed and had believable goals and aspirations, PERSONALITIES! The main character Poppy was charming (although a bit annoying at times) and the love interest was endearing. They also had justified fears and anxieties, which helped with the fleshing out. The chemistry is there right from the start imo, i really liked how the author wrote their first scenes together upon meeting, and the dialogue was actually funny? The banter? Groundbreaking! 
The writing is better than I anticipated! i feel bad for saying that because this was my first time reading Emily Henry and she deserved higher expectations. It all flowed really well and it was actually engaging and fun; easy to read and to follow.

I also liked that there was an underlying angst since the beginning, it added that sweet sweet tension that i usually like in romance stories, but it was a double-edged sword as i will explain next


it's a risk when you're building tension for hundreds of pages and you're suggesting there's gonna be a climax, because there's a need to have a great payoff. I won't say it was anti-climatic in this book, but i was expecting a little more. Besides that, i had to resist skim reading a few times because the pacing got a bit odd with all the back and forth in the story. This was my biggest gripe.
Other than that, i guess the usual stuff in romcom that i feel dismissive about: rushed 3rd act, one too many mentions of the size of the characters and whatnot, miscommunication that feels easy to avoid and... as much as i liked the characters.. they were still basic and  I'm tired of the too popular dynamic of the lively and bubbly woman with the serious and grounded man

Overall i really enjoyed it and i will be reading more Emily Henry in the future