rachbreads 's review for:

Funny Story by Emily Henry

4.0

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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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Emotional abuse

Parental trauma for both MCs