The first few episodes of this adaptation of Beth O’Leary’s novel feature zero chemistry between the leads. It’s one for fans of the genre onlyThe easiest way to describe The Road Trip would be to call it the TV equivalent of an airport novel. Perhaps that is because it is. Beth O’Leary has long kept the WH Smith industrial complex alive, with bestselling novels including The Flatshare, which sold more than 1m copies. That book was adapted into a six-part TV series in 2022, and followed two roommates thrust together by the fact that they rented the same bed – cleverly twisting the hellscape that is the London rental market into the stuff of a fluffy romcom. This one follows Dylan and Addie, a pair of exes thrust together by the fact that they have to use the same method of transport to get to a wedding 1,000 miles away. Like a rat, a potential love affair is never more than 6ft away in O’Leary’s world.This time, our star-crossed, claustrophobic pairing are Dylan and Addie, who are o...
The main conceptual idea of the review is that "The Road Trip", a TV adaptation of Beth O'Leary's novel, is a predictable and lacking in chemistry "romcom by numbers" that surprisingly delivers little in terms of romance.
The reviewer compares it to an airport novel and points out that the plot relies on a familiar trope (exes forced to travel together) and a lackluster connection between the leads, despite the setting up of a potential love affair.
The main conceptual idea of the review is that "The Road Trip", a TV adaptation of Beth O'Leary's novel, is a predictable and lacking in chemistry "romcom by numbers" that surprisingly delivers little in terms of romance. The reviewer compares it to an airport novel and points out that the plot relies on a familiar trope (exes forced to travel together) and a lackluster connection between the leads, despite the setting up of a potential love affair.
