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Funny Story by Emily Henry

246 reviews

bianca0513's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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gwenswoons's review against another edition

5.0

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

Loved this so much - my favorite Emily Henry so far. I’m so glad I bought/listened; Happy Place, last year, was my least fave - so I was a little wary heading into this one. I love the complexity of the characters’ backstories, and the ways in which they communicate and miscommunicate around the patterning they learned in their differently rough childhoods. All felt so real and thoroughly drawn, including for the side characters! I love Daphne and Miles so much, and their chemistry both together and in the web of friendships that populate the book. I love the way the food throughout the book gives us such a sense of place and care. So beautiful!! Made me so happy reading this that I drew it out a few days just to enjoy a little bit longer. ❤️

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snipinfool's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Daphne was jilted by her fiancé, Peter, the day after his bachelor party. Peter realized he was in love with his forever best friend and fellow bachelor party attendee, Petra. Peter had told Daphne that he loved Petra like a sister, but when Petra revealed her long-held love for him, he did the same. Since Daphne moved to Waning Bay to live with Peter, she had to find a new place to live. Most of the people she knew in town were Peter’s friends or family. While she was worrying about lodging, Miles, Petra’s boyfriend arrived looking for Petra. Since Daphne had no other options she could think of, she asked if she could move into Miles’s apartment while she looked for a place of her own.

This was all kinds of cute. Miles was the sweetest guy. He tried to make Daphne feel welcome and showed her sights around town that Peter never offered to her. He seemed to be friends with everyone. Daphne was also wonderful. She was a librarian and loved working with children and teens the most. Both were very supportive of the other and went out of their way to be kind and a good friend. I loved the secondary characters so much. Julia, Miles’s little sister, was a kick. She brought them out of their funk by getting them out of the apartment. Daphne’s co-worker, Ashleigh, was also amusing. I loved the monthly poker game she had with friends of her late mother. As expected over time, both Miles and Daphne fall for each other. The third act break-up was a little messy for me and I wished Henry had tweaked it a bit to make it read more straightforwardly. Overall, it was one of my favorites by Henry.

Both Daphne and Miles had unresolved family trauma caused by a parent (her- father him- mother) which factored into some of the choices they made in the story. If this is a content area that is concerning for you, please check out content warnings online.

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juliaureads'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: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Is there anything to say about this book that hasn’t already been said? The hype is real. Emily Henry is back in her rom-com lane and we are living. Funny, heartfelt, relatable moving, all the things you have come to expect from her books - it’s all here.

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sydapel's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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: Complicated

While this hits all the emotional markers you would expect out of an Emily Henry book, and while I did fly through it and enjoyed myself, I can't say that I found anything in it particularly near & dear to me (as opposed to her latest two). I chalk this up to the main characters being in a fundamentally different place in life than I am, which probably prevented me from connecting to it.

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sparksofkell's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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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