This blog consist of spoilers for both book and film of People We Meet On Vacation.

The Emily Henry Universe is ultimately getting Hollywood treatment.

Romance fans are trading their paperbacks for popcorn to catch People We Meet on Vacation starring Tom Blyth and Emily Bader streaming now on Netflix.

The flick marks the first of several henry adaptations in pipeline and other win for BookTok favorites.

Poppy and Alex only on bed scene happens way before

In Emily Henry book alex and poppy meet at freshman orientation at the University of Chicago discovering they are from different sides of same small town in Ohio.

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The film version skips right to When Harry Met Sally esque road trip from Boston College to Ohio.

In book the craziest things to happen on car ride was Alex and Poppy made future Karaoke plans.

In film the two get stranded at gas station after Poppy locks the key in car forcing them to spend night in motel where you guessed it there is only one bed.

This romance trope happened in present day Palm Springs in book not in flashback.

The People We Meet on Vacation ending gets romantic makeover.

The film maintains the nail biter will they would not they ending even it is executed differently.

In book poppy gets some closure after running into both her hometown bully, jason and Sarah who clarifies that she and Alex were not meant to be.

She finds Alex at school and tells him she desire to be with him wherever they are.

In the film Poppy runs into Sarah at the airport. She has become travel agent, discovering she is hungry for more than suburbs.

Poppy heads to Ohio where she tracks down Alex in rom com worthy running scene complete with kiss in middle of intersection.

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Alex loses some of Emily Henry Charm

He is anxious. He is neurotic. He is tall and love cats readers feel in love with Alex Nilsen when they read book.

The film version does not exactly capture.

The protective eldest child who had to grow up too early and care of siblings we get a smoothed over cautious guy weighing settling down with high school girlfriend.

The film underutilizes Alex motivations shaped by his mother death during childbirth.

This is character who in book literally got vasectomy after Poppy pregnancy scare because she desired to avoid accidentally impregnating someone.

He is write who once penned a short story so moving it made poppy cry.

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