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A review by sea_tea_books
Funny Story by Emily Henry
lighthearted
2.0
Said in my best Mean Girls voice: "Stop trying to make chortle and guffaw happen." As a reader, I find Emily Henry's gross overuse of these words to be unbelievably distracting and quite annoying. Maybe she was trying (too hard) to be funny, quirky, or charming and completely missed the mark?
Yet again, narrator Julia Whelan was the saving grace. She single-handedly carried me through another Emily Henry story.
If Emily Henry's characters were working with a therapist, then she'd be out of a job. So much projection and refusal to communicate like healthy adults. And what is with all the ghosting?!
Who feels theirorgans with that frequency? Or... ever? First Daphne feels her organs are charring and overbaking, then she feels them icing over. Seriously, what does that even mean?
Notable quote:
Yet again, narrator Julia Whelan was the saving grace. She single-handedly carried me through another Emily Henry story.
If Emily Henry's characters were working with
Who feels their
Notable quote:
“Everything worth doing comes with some risk.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Abandonment