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Funny Story by Emily Henry

242 reviews

amberjelfs's review against another edition

5.0

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ashlyncherie's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Cute book and exactly what I’ve come to expect from Emily Henry: bingeable romance with some kind of unique spin. The ending was predictable but in the good kind of way. And it was such a fun and quick read.

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readyforit's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

4.25⭐️2🌶️1💧

This was my first Emily Henry book and it definitely won’t be my last. I’d heard mixed reviews about this book but I just take that to mean her previous books are so universally loved.

Daphne and miles find themselves living together after their partners leave them for each other (they’ve been friends since childhood). Daphne and miles go from complete strangers to roommates to a fake relationship after they get an invite to their exes’ wedding. Mostly everyone is in on the fake dating plan except for their exes so the plot doesn’t heavily revolve around keeping their secret. Surprisingly, a lot of the plot revolved around family drama for both of the MCs and actually had me tearing up a few times. The book reminded me a lot of Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez in this way. Emily does a fantastic job of creating deeply fleshed out main and supporting characters. I loved the friendships Daphne formed.

I really enjoyed the book and can see myself rereading it. I only wish there had been more romance or maybe more of a slow burn; something felt missing from their love story. I felt like I had to deduct some points for the dreaded

third-act breakup. And honestly? I wished that they HAD gone through with the original plan and gone to Peter and Petra’s wedding together as a couple.

I listened to the audiobook as I read and I liked the narrator a lot but of course I wish they had hired a male narrator for duet narration! I understand why they didn’t since miles doesn’t get a pov.

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kristinj1's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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: Complicated

This may not be at the top of my list of Emily Henry books, but I still found things in it that spoke to me off the page. I've never had a broken engagement, but I have not wanted to run into an ex boyfriend in the town we both grew up in. I've never had a roommate fall in love with me, but I've felt the exact same way Daphne did when she and Miles finally reconnected after the Read-A-Thon - that they didn't even need to say with but just waking together in silence for a while was the conversation they needed. The storyline of her work in the library was actually really charming! It made me think, well, maybe I want to be a librarian! I do think that I would have loved to see more of her storyline with her dad actually there, and how she navigated through that. I know that wouldn't have fit with the history of her dad, but would have been interesting to see how they interacted when they were together. It felt like it actually went pretty well when they came to visit. And her mom, who was such an important figure in her life, we really didn't get to see at all. All in all, a fun read, albeit one that I will forget after a while.

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meganana's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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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klandry98'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: Yes

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barbarianmissy's review against another edition

5.0

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

Actually finished this on the plane yesterday but was too tired to write my review.

I loved this one.

Miles and Daphne were so incredibly fun and dynamic and the banter was top notch. I loved how lighthearted and sweet the story was and it was just like a nice breath of fresh air. The side characters were super fun too, like Ashleigh was so snarky and Julia was really sweet. Peter and Petra can eat my shorts though. I hated them and was happy they didn’t get the happy ending.

Speaking of endings, I loved how in the end, Daphne was the one that got to tell their story.

I JUST LOVED THIS ONE, OK?!

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yarisbooksandbevs'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

Such a great read. So witty and lighthearted yet emotional. I love Daphne and Miles and Ashley is so great lol. It’s a beautiful romance and so real and fun and has growth. Loved it

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