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Funny Story by Emily Henry

198 reviews

knunderb's review against another edition

4.5

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

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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alexasolis98's review against another edition

3.25

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

This was my first dip into Emily Henry and I can't say I'm disappointed. Miles and Daphne were cute. However, I loved how Daphne was finally able to find a place to call home. She found her new family.
Some of my issues were with the writing. Some inconsistencies would take me out of the story. They were minimal but to me a bit disruptive. This is the freshest on my mind since it happened in the last chapter but Elda is the character but she is referred to Elsa at one point. Another issue was the 90% conflict. It felt somewhat cheap. The miscommunication was kind of ridiculous. I had other issues but I can't remember at the moment: TBD.
Overall, it was enjoyable and I will probably read more from Emily Henry.

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stardustandrockets's review against another edition

5.0

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jourdanicus's review against another edition

3.0

emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Uuuuugh... I hate not loving an Emily Henry novel. I just have no feelings about this one. It's like the characters had too many feelings for there to be any room for my own 😂

I heard someone on a podcast say that in this book (at least, I think it was about this book) all the characters really needed therapy but instead just had each other... And I totally agree. There's a difference between revealing some of your flaws/difficult childhood to a new romantic partner versus trauma dumping - and trauma bonding! I feel that Daphne and Miles were doing much more of the latter.

Maybe rebound romances just aren't for me, I don't know, but I had a hard time buying into the setup. What newly single woman grieving an engagement would like, immediately move in with her ex's new partner's ex? And then fall in love with him (in mere weeks) after giving the reader the impression that she thinks he's just a deadbeat pothead? That seems like a stretch and needed more development to be believable.

3 stars because I enjoyed it enough to finish it (and Julia Whelan always makes audibooks listenable just by being the narrator), but meh. I'll still eagerly await the next Emily Henry though!

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