RuthieD’s Reviews > People We Meet on Vacation > Status Update

I can see why this is such a popular book (and I have adjusted to the heavily millennial prose). Emily Henry writes people well. In all our messiness, everything said and unsaid; it’s very raw and real (even as it continues to be quirky)

“There aren’t words vast or specific enough to capture the ecstasy and the ache and love and fear I feel just looking at him now.”
- ah yes, just friends!

I’m adjusting to Emily Henry’s prose (it was kinda jarring at first): a lil quirky, but quite honest & descriptive. I tend to settle into the chapters set in the past a bit easier than the present-day ones. Getting a bit of whiplash with the time jumps, but I think I’m settling into that as well. I love that Poppy can be unapologetically herself with Alex from the start. No-stakes, word vomit, weird stories!