11-01-2026 18:00 via slate.com

Adapting A ‘Controversial’ Bestselling Book To The Screen Isn’t Easy

Netflix’s adaptation of Emily Henry’s The People We Meet on Vacation has some issues. “This diminishment of each element almost entirely nukes the book’s grounded sense of Poppy’s motivations behind her noncommittal approach to life. And that’s, like, her whole thing! That’s not a conflict, but the conflict!” Oops. – Slate
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