diptyque 's review for:

Funny Story by Emily Henry

4.5

adventurous emotional 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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A story with that had quite a few twists and turns in what is a nice romance story, with side of well intentioned and well written ensemble of characters, from the mains to the support cast. I would like to think that there were layers and backstories, that reinforced why Miles and Daphne are the way they are, and how they grow into who they ultimately become. 

Cue in some emotional bits for me after a section of eye rolling irritation/boredom/displeasure but I now realize that it’s intentional.

I don’t like Daphne’s dad and that portion made me irritable, and then cue the whole roll into the family dynamics and my tears exploded out of me because I just felt so damn hurt during the 75-80% climax of the story when shit hit the fan.

All in all? Loved the mains, like the writing, the side characters were all great, got a bit slow towards the middle, had all the great workings of a well rounded romance that would translate well to a film adaptation as well. Really spoke to me as a person who felt many similar things and thinks many similar things Daphne thinks about herself. Yeah…