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Funny Story by Emily Henry

198 reviews

annadelreads's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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: Complicated

“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 did a buddy-read with @heypatreads and we devoured this in one week! Emily Henry is really just an amazing writer that it's so hard to not buy her book once it was out. What's even amazing was that Philippines got to have stocks on release day! We usually don't get books on release day so imagine how shocked I was when I randomly went in a bookstore just to "check books out and not buy them". Yeah, I ended up buying, of course.

So the story is about Daphne and Miles who are ex-lovers of people who got together after Daphne's fiance's bachelor's party. This is why it's hard to have a significant other that has an opposite sex's best friend. Books and movies and other fictional stories made us believe that men and women can never be just friends. But seriously though, they can! I would be traumatized though, if what happened to Miles and Daphne happened to me. Anyways, that's the premise of the story and what a unique premise too! I don't think I have read a book that starts of like this. Me and Pat did talk about how for her, it was insta-love, but for me, it was a roommate situation so it was bound to happen especially if they are attracted to one another. But looking at it now, she did have a point - it was a little bit of insta-love. But can you actually blame me if I also did fall in love a little bit with Miles? So really, I wouldn't fault Daphne (although the drugs thing was a turn off for me oops!)

What I did love about this story is that it's FMC is a librarian - a job I don't see often in a book and that excites me so much because there's so many relatable book book quotes, events and situations! I also did love the little moments where they started being friends and slowly developed their feelings to one another - and you can see it happening! That's why it wasn't an insta-love for me immediately, because I can really see them falling in love with one another.

I just did not love the ending as much as I would have wanted to. It's a bit predictable and the epilogue has one redeeming quality - which is the friendship. Plus points though for a found friendship - because it's so much fun seeing other aspects of the story that is not the romance.

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katieroth25's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

I loved this book SO much! And not just because of my nostalgia for libraries. Daphne and Miles feel so lovingly written. Emily Henry’s bantering dialogue is once again top notch! Henry also explores themes of how parents can shape our view of ourselves and the type of love we think we deserve. It’s handled with great care and wit and one of the most interesting aspects of the book. Funny Story is on its way to being my favorite romance novel of the year!

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the_bookish_babee's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

“𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐮𝐩”

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

🍋 first person

🍋 dual pov

🍋 romcom

🍋 contemporary

🍋 forced proximity

🍋 friends to best friends to lovers

🍋 fake dating

🍋 opposites attract

🍋 miscommunication (only a little bit)

daphne vincent is a children’s librarian & miles nowak is a bartender. they’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 f’s - forced proximity, friends to best friends to lovers, and fake dating. and although this book has a lot of f’s, it gets an a+ from me! 🤭

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 could’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 🥹

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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hdabru's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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atamano's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny lighthearted 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

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michelles_books9's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad fast-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

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jdasilva's review against another edition

4.25

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

One of my favorites from Emily Henry! A quick and easy read, pacing kept me intrigued and I wanted the best for each of the characters. I love Henry’s ability to write a perfect light hearted rom com that still has heart and depth where you can see bits of yourself in her characters. Ready for the next one EH!

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gabs_parr's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

To start- I’ve seen several reviews already across several sites saying, “this book wasn’t very funny for a book called ‘Funny Story’” or “I was expecting more romcom, less drama”… to be very clear, it is very obvious by the end of the first chapter that the meaning of the word “funny” in the title is used in the context of “ironic” not “haha”. So, with that in mind, she couldn’t have picked a better title, because nothing about the situations and backstories in this book is funny. But if you’re a bit of a cynic, like our main character Daphne, you will find lots of ironic moments all throughout that will make you do that nose breathing laugh 😂 That being said, it’s also Emily Henry- OF COURSE we have several laugh out loud moments sprinkled in amongst the angsts, drama, heartbreak, sadness, etc. The nod to the title at the end is very sweet as well. Loved that.

Okay, now moving on. Funny Story is Emily Henry at her best. I wasn’t sure if she would ever top Happy Place for me emotionally or Book Lovers for me in the swooning department, but with this novel she managed to outdo herself and completely blow her previous works out of the water.

Daphne and Miles are two people who have been repeatedly beaten down by the people who are supposed to love them. And haven’t we all felt that way before? What I loved about this book was the character study of the effect that growing up with this constant feeling can have on us. Will you internalize it and start to doubt yourself, never believing that you are good enough and always cutting yourself down, holding yourself back in order to “protect” the people you love from who you perceive yourself to be? Or will it be more external for you, where you stop trusting everyone around you, stop expecting anything from anyone, and build up your walls higher and higher to stop others from getting in, often running away or hurting them before they can hurt you? This book explores these concepts deeply through our beautiful, messy, flawed, and ever-so-lovable protagonists.

This book isn’t really about romance, though there is romance, and it is technically a romance novel. This is a book about finding self-love, self-discovery/fully realizing your autonomy/ learning how to be a whole independent person on your own (something a lot of people never learn how to do when they spend their entire 20s in LTRs), FRIENDSHIP, and confronting your past so you can move forward with the future you deserve. This is a book about two complicated people who have messy, complicated relationships and their journey through healing after a lifetime of repressed emotion and trauma for both of them.

The way they navigate through will have you laughing, crying, rolling your eyes, and at one point (for me) wanting to scream. I felt all the emotions and swooned all the swoons. I couldn’t have loved this book more. And of course, it really goes without saying, Julia Whalen is, as always, utter perfection. She is HANDS DOWN the best narrator in the business.

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