Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Funny Story by Emily Henry

65 reviews

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria

daniofthewood's review against another edition

4.5

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

Minor: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Vomit, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

themdash's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gaslighting

lilawsahar's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad 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

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I love how this book emphasizes that we are not our mistakes and we are only human. Miles and Daphne are so cute together. I love their banter. This book just makes me want to move to a small town and become a librarian. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abandonment

juanat77's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Classism

Moderate: Sexual content

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

4.0

relaxing slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief

emilywemily6's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective medium-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: Yes

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On the spectrum of Emily Henry, this book was closer to Happy Place than Beach Read. I really enjoyed these characters and the natural progression of the relationship from roommates to friends to lovers. Something about the end of the book/third act conflict didn’t work for me, and I think it’s the miscommunication. I also just didn’t feel satisfied at the end that issues had truly been resolved. I feel like the relationship was still fragile when the book ended. However, this book made me laugh, cry, and feel seen in a lot of ways so I still really enjoyed it overall. Peter is the worst and I love how Daphne came to her own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Abandonment

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, Alcohol

ehoustonmyatt's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was so cute. I’ve never enjoyed whiplash between raging and giggling more! The banter is 👌🏼

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

stormeno'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: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol