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Funny Story by Emily Henry

198 reviews

amateur_bookworm's review against another edition

5.0

funny hopeful 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

My summary: Daphne Vincent is devastated when her fiancé, Peter, breaks up with her on the morning after his bachelor party—for his longtime *platonic* best friend, Petra. In desperation of needing a place to live, Daphne ends up moving into the apartment of Petra’s ex, Miles. Her and Miles generally stay out of each other’s way for weeks until one night of wallowing leads to a fake dating lie in an attempt to make their exes jealous. As the fake dating ruse leads to friendship, the blur between which feelings are real or fake becomes more confusing.

My thoughts:

This is an absolutely hilarious story of a jilted bride going on to fake date her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex. But there is also a lot of depth to the story as well. You can’t help but immediately fall in love with Daphne and Miles—and then, in turn, root for them to fall in love.

I devoured this book in two days. I really appreciate the character arcs of both Daphne and Miles. Although I wanted a warm and fuzzy romance with the only strife being the whole jilted bride start to the story, I think it was so much better because of the focus on the personal issues that Daphne and Miles each face and overcome. It IS a warm and fuzzy love story, but with a lot of layers to it that give it a rawness that I wasn’t expecting yet thoroughly enjoyed.

I always enjoy the book-oriented characters in Emily Henry’s books and this one features Daphne as a children’s librarian. I really enjoyed that element of the story and I love my local library so I appreciate the homage to small local libraries.

I avoided romance as a genre for my most of adult life—too many Nora Robert’s-style romances as a 13-year old kind of ruined the genre for me. Then Emily Henry’s Beach Read came along years ago and it was my first of what I would call a contemporary romance. And I absolutely adored it and the way I felt while reading it. It opened up romance as a genre to me and now I have found myself mostly reading romance in the years since. Beach Read will likely always be my favorite of hers for this reason—but Funny Story is a darn close second place for me.

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kds247's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Compared to other Emily Henry books this one was up there for me. It was written very well and was not your typical roommates to lovers trope. I’d say it was closest to Book Lovers and would recommend readers who enjoyed it to pick up this book as well. Spice level would be 4/10 on my rating, and was mostly tension.

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carla20's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny 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

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thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Emily Henry makes you feel like you’re the only one reading her book. Which is a good thing—a great thing!! Let me explain.

When you’re reading one of her books, you almost feel like it’s a secret. Like if one of your best friends writes a book and you’re the first one to read it. Like you have the inside scoop. Like it’s exclusive. Like this story was meant to be read by you. Like its contents are something for you to cherish and feel in your own time, your own way.

Her writing does this magical thing where you feel so present inside her words that you never really leave them. You read other books, move on to other titles, but her stories remain. When all else feels like a dribble, her novels are the ocean. Constant. Resonating. Engaging with you even in your subconscious.

What I loved about Miles and Daphne was that they were so in tune and in sync with one another’s feelings and expectations, even when they thought they weren’t. The right person can make all the difference in the wrong moments.

Miles is easygoing and thoughtful, confident but considerate. Daphne is gentle and shy but also braver than she thinks and tougher than she gives herself credit for. They make a great pair of roommates, friends, cohorts, lovers. They are two halves of one whole that, for much of the book, they seem to acknowledge but don’t let themselves indulge in for fear of messing the good parts up, or not thinking they are what the other needs. They go through situations and feelings together, simultaneously, without realizing it. I like how natural and adult their conversations are, how honest they can be with one another when they need to, and how goofy and flirty they can be when they want to. How easily they fit into each other’s lives, literally and figuratively.

Most mature of her books I think, as far as characters and their actions. Well-rounded novel, nothing feels rushed or drags along. Perfect pacing. I wish I felt a little more connected to the characters’ decisions, but that’s more of a personal thing.

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