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Funny Story by Emily Henry

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blarin_erin's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

jiahua's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

sandonat's review

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hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Was good but not great. The voices were not it for me, especially Miles. I feel like I might have liked it more if I had read it rather than listened to it. Also felt like there could have been more that happened - some of the plot fell a little flat. Some of her daddy issues but close to home- not letting herself be hopeful and have her own life. Liked the library stuff - reminded me of my time at the ERC.

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fdoubledashx's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

How is it that I find myself relating to most, if not all of Emily Henry’s characters? While the peculiar predicament Daphne and Miles had gone through was surprisingly funny (in a morbid way), their responses and thought processes allowed a lot of introspection in my own way of thought. Overall really really loved this (can’t decide between this vs Book Lovers for now), it definitely adopts a more dry sarcastic approach when dealing with angst which I enjoy a lot. Now that I’ve finished all 5 books in 4 days it’s time to find another series to hyperfixate on.

marareyn's review

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challenging emotional funny reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

isvargas's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Emily Henry will always have me giggling, twisting my hair, and kicking my feet.

Read this in one day. I just love a little beach read and this is full of Midwest summer vibes and silly little book references (shoutout station 11 and Elin hilderbrandt, but I will not stand for the frank herbert slander).

A fun story, haha, with tough but real family relationship dynamics, and a silly little fake dating romance.