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Funny Story by Emily Henry

2 reviews

knunderb's review against another edition

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emotional funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Absolutely loved this book! I loved the characters and how the plot also included a friendship love, and not just romantic love. I absolutely adore Emily Henry's writing. I do wish that she'd switch up her main characters, though. She always has gay and/or POC side characters. But it would be cool for them to be main characters. She could switch up body sizes too. Her main characters always seem to people conventionally attractive, and I think it would be interesting to switch that up. 
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adventurous funny reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

โ€œ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฉโ€

tw: toxic relationships, gaslighting, misogyny, bullying, suicidal thoughts, infidelity, abuse (child & emotional), abandonment, drug & alcohol use, mental illness, panic attacks, death of parent, grief 

๐Ÿ‹ first person
๐Ÿ‹ dual pov
๐Ÿ‹ romcom
๐Ÿ‹ contemporary
๐Ÿ‹ forced proximity
๐Ÿ‹ friends to best friends to lovers
๐Ÿ‹ fake dating
๐Ÿ‹ opposites attract
๐Ÿ‹ miscommunication (only a little bit)

daphne vincent is a childrenโ€™s librarian & miles nowak is a bartender. theyโ€™re friends, but they quickly become better friends when both of their partners leave them for each other

daphne moves in with miles, since her ex moved his new boo in with him & miles now has an extra room. they begin to hang out. amid becoming best friends, they also begin to develop stronger feelings for each other

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this book has all the fโ€™s - forced proximity, friends to best friends to lovers, and fake dating. and although this book has a lot of fโ€™s, it gets an a+ from me! ๐Ÿคญ

peter & petra deserved each other. i absolutely hated them

the writing is absolutely beautiful. i love the connection & tension between daphne & miles. their friendship blossomed beautifully. i love all of the friend dates that they went on. and it was immediately palpable when the connection began changing from best friends to lovers

the only thing that kept this from being a 5 star for me was the miscommunication. there were a few instances that couldโ€™ve been quickly resolved if they just paused & talked to each other!

the miscommunication between miles & his sister was also something i disliked. she felt like she was bothering him & keeping him from his full potential and he felt like he was letting her down, meanwhile they both were soooo grateful for each other ๐Ÿฅน

this was my first emily henry & i cannot wait to dive into more! i listened to the audiobook for this book & really enjoyed it
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