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Funny Story by Emily Henry

117 reviews

greenbun's review against another edition

3.25

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Cheesy and too many quips sometimes in the writing but an addictive read and also some very spicy content.

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kailiyahknight's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-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

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carlaah1984's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I enjoyed this book more than Happy Place. The premises were amusing and the characters were enjoyable. Being from Michigan, I love picturing the summer in Northern Michigan as the setting. It's a classic kind of Rom-Com. It had a great cast of supporting characters, which filled it out and made it more interesting. After listening to the audiobook my biggest criticism is the overuse of the word chorlted.

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entiresunset's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark 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: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was my first book of Emily Henry and this will definitely not be my last. I absolutely loved this book! And I connected to so many of the characters it's almost unbelievable.

First of all, having a lot of dry humor myself, I instantly felt connected to Daphne. But also the deeper and more emotional parts of Daphnes character made me feel very connected to her. Not knowing who she is after giving everything up for all the people she loved - deeply relatable.

I also loved Miles character. He is such a kind, lovable and warm person. I loved there was more to him than just his sunshine personality and that this part of him also was there for a reason.
I loved how he made Daphne realize how important she is and how worthy of love and how Daphne on the other hand helped Miles realise that he has been bearing too much all this time. And that

the dark parts inside of him could never be too much

.
Their conversation where Miles talked about

his childhood experiences

actually broke my heart. The way Daphne helped him see how much he

did for his sister and how he saved her

touched me deeply.

It was so sad to see how

both of their defense mechanisms drove both of them away from each other: Miles panicking and self sabotaging and Daphne pushing him away after he stood her up, afraid to let him in.

But I liked that this was a realistic consequence of Miles behavior

and that Daphne did not magically take him back just cause he apologized and told her he loved her.

And I loved that it wasnt unnecessary drama or the obligatory third act break up. The conflict felt organic and understandable from both of their points of view.

I felt for Daphne deeply. How she

was stood up and left so many times. And again and again by her dad :(. How she drew the conclusion that she was the problem and something about her made her unlovable. No wonder she couldnt forgive miles just like that. It just cut too deep.

And I also felt deeply for Miles. How he

believed he was only lovable showing his best parts and was not allowed to show his dark sites.

The way he thought he

was responsible for all the shit his parents put him through broke my heart

Being a trauma survivor myself with experiences in parental abandonment and emotional abuse

I connected deeply to both Daphne and Miles.

At times, especially in the beginning to middle, the story or rather Daphnes and Miles bond felt a bit rushed. Also, I would have loved to explore Miles past and its consequences a bit more.
But still I loved the complexity of the characters and felt like the consequences of experiencing

that kind of trauma

were accurate and felt natural.

I loved how the story not only focused on romantic but also on platonic and familiar love and explored Daphne and her moms and Miles and Julias relationship as well as Daphnes and Ashleighs friendship.

Really looking forward to my next Emily Henry book :)

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my_personal_escape's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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florencia's review against another edition

5.0

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

This was fantastic. Complex, well developed relationship. Friendships with a full arc!! One of the best 3rd arc conflicts in a while.
So well done.
I think this is Emily's best yet.

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inirac's review against another edition

5.0

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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ky_q_xoxo's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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

Emily Henry will always be top-tier for me sorryyyyyyyyy

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yvo_about_books's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Finished reading: September 18th 2024

“Trust people's actions, not their words. Don't love anyone who isn't ready to love you back. Let go of the people who don't hold on to you. Don't wait on anyone who's in no rush to get to you.”

I've been wanting to read Funny Story ever since it was published a couple months ago, and I hoped it would help me end the streak of lower than usual ratings. I always love a contemporary/romance with a bookish angle, and the premise of Emily Henry's newest story sounded promising. And I definitely ended up having a lot of fun reading this book! There is just something about the writing style that is addictive, and it was hard to put down. A good thing for me, considering the fact that I've been struggling with a beginning reading slump... The fact that both Daphne and Miles are extremely easy to warm up to helps of course, and most of the side characters are brilliant as well. Both main characters have been dealt a very rough card in life, and it was interesting to see how circumstances turned them into roommates and watch their connection grow. There are some cliches involved and the story was a bit high on the drama for me, but as a whole I can't deny that it gave the story more dept. The steamy scenes were definitely too much for me, but nothing that can't be skipped over if you are like me not a fan... Funny Story is not exactly lighthearted as it includes a selection of heavier topics, but there is still fun to be had and the banter is excellent. One of my favorites written by her!

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cielosiluminado's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny lighthearted medium-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

The same universe that dispassionately takes things away can bring you things you weren't imaginative enough to dream up.

miles and daphne were actually really cute despite how different they were and their banter was so amusing. the story, however, was kinda boring sometimes…

don’t get me wrong, it was cute. it was fun. but it was nothing too special. i liked the messiness, i liked the drama, i just wish there was more of it. some of the ‘drama’ was just so anticlimactic in the end.

emily henry does have a knack at writing beautiful and funny found families, especially when they are from small towns—as demonstrated in this book as well. i loved all the wacky side characters we met that helped our main characters come to their senses.

so in the end, though it took me a bit to fully get into the characters and story, i quickly became invested because i felt the chemistry between miles and daphne and i loved how it grew naturally.

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