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Funny Story by Emily Henry

313 reviews

rachrreads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

I think this may be my new fave Emily Henry book 😭😭

Daphne and Miles have my whole heart.

Daphne has struggled to maintain friendships as she spent her whole life moving with her mom. It wasn’t until college that she made a lasting friendship. After her fiancé, Peter, runs off with his girl best friend Petra, Daphne is absolutely shattered. Daphne gets kicked out and ends up moving in with Petra’s now-ex, Miles. The two could not be more different— Daphne is a children’s librarian, whereas Miles works at a winery. Now, they are together in their grief.

When the two receive invitations to their exes wedding, they drunkenly rsvp yes. Peter calls Daphne the next day saying she doesn’t have to come if it’s too painful and she blurts out she has a boyfriend… and that boyfriend just so happens to be Miles. The two decide to fake date and Miles shows Daphne around the town she’s lived in, but never really made her own.

As the two begin to spend more time together, Daphne realizes that Miles can talk to just about anyone and he’s a fantastic chef. He seems to have a person for everything— from cherries to strawberries to cheese.

Read if you like:
• opposites attract
• fake dating
• sunshine men
• Michigan

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oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

There’s a reason why Emily Henry is the queen of romantic comedies and this book, right here, is it! After being disappointed by “Happy Place,” “Funny Story” is going to easily land among my favorites of hers (though I’m not sure “Book Lovers” could ever be surpassed, I’m keeping an open mind!!).
Henry has this talent for crafting characters that you feel like you have known for years, and Daphne and Miles may be amongst my favorites. While forced proximity and fake relationships aren’t my favorite tropes, I devoured every page of this delicious book. While not overly spicy, the steam in this one was just right. I found myself unable to put this one down until I could finish it simply because I needed to know more about Daphne and Miles. Not unlike Abby Jimenez, Henry broaches some difficult topics in this book and challenges us to think about how past traumas impact the ways that we live, love, and communicate with the world around us. There’s some really genuinely funny laugh out loud moments which Henry deploys at needed times, and I think Miles may be one of my favorite book boyfriends to date! Incredible work from the champion of romcoms. I can’t recommend this one enough for your next fun vacation read!

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lindsayerin's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny 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

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rachbreads's review against another edition

4.0

Things were allowed to be complicated. They were allowed to be messy. We were allowed to disagree and argue and even hurt each other, on occasion, and it didn’t mean it was time to let the revolving door of life carry us away from each other.

This was really sweet and funny. I loved the crazy premise and I like that the "fake dating" didn't go too far like I feel it does in other books - that trope is definitely worn out at this point. The best part of the book was both Miles and Daphne growing individually and the way that they were able to heal some past hurts - I also liked that it ended

with them not 100% better, but they're committed to working on it and they're committed to each other. No magical happily ever after, just two people who are willing to work through their stuff together

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itschelseaw'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: Yes

Wow this might be my favorite book by Emily Henry yet! Everyone felt real, the character development was great. They weren’t perfect, thank god, and their backstories/traumas felt real.
Miles was… whew!! An ideal book boyfriend and set the bar impossibly high for others to follow. The quirks he picks up on from Daphne and how observant he is was hot. I loved getting to see him open up, and Daphne open up too, as they trusted each other more. It felt organic and built on trust and respect.
Peter and Petra… what easily hatable people! Especially Peter, my god. What an ass. Also Daphne’s dad… whew. I’m glad she stood up for herself and laid down the law with him.
This book has me wanting to move to Michigan now… bless.

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boba_nbooks's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️.5 / 5

Emily Henry is one of my favorite authors, and Funny Story only confirmed this.

This story really is... funny. Miles and Daphne end up as roommates after Miles' girlfriend and Daphne's fiancé decide to leave their significant others for each other--their childhood friend. Since Daphne moved to the area for her fiancé, she's left without a place to live until Miles offers her the second room in his apartment. Miles and Daphne realize that, though they couldn't be more different, they are grateful to have each other to lean on during this difficult and weird time that only the two of them can truly understand. Daphne is, quite literally, counting down the days until she can leave this small town and go back to her friends. But day after day, she realizes that there might not be as much to go back to as she thought, and when Miles offers to be her tour guide to the area, Daphne agrees and lets him show her around. She slowly starts to fall in love with the town... and maybe with her tour guide.

Henry is a master of juxtaposing love stories with inner healing and female friendship. All of her characters have complex trauma and family dynamics that shape their romantic relationships, and that just makes them so much more lovable to me. Miles and Daphne have so many things going against them: difficult families, weird tension with their exes, and opposing personalities. But they find that throughout it all, the thing that matters most is being truly seen.

I highly recommend Funny Story to all Emily Henry fans as well as those who are fans of fake dating, forced proximity, friends to lovers, and opposites attract.

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lailaps's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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akswhy's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny inspiring 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

Like any self-respecting romance reader of my generation, I’ve read all of Emily Henry’s other works, but this is my new favorite by a mile. The characters feel vivid and deliciously flawed, they actually communicate (!!!!), and the individual journeys are treated with proper gravity in relation to the romance plot. I have the biggest book hangover from listening to this in a 10-hour span… 8 days after a Taylor Swift album drop.

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