A review by sofiaflowers
Funny Story by Emily Henry

5.0

This is officially my favorite Emily Henry novel 😍 (I’ve only read book lovers and people you meet on vacation btw) I saw online people hated Miles but I don’t get it 😕 I think people want to perfect man too much like Peter’s character but Miles is a sweet man 😭 he’s actually a nice guy like helping your ex move is too nice almost lmaoo he’s also sensitive like he cried at least twice which honestly I don’t remember last time a male lead has cried in a rom com 🙄 also I don’t think it’s gross or whatever that he smokes weed (honestly I wish he wouldn’t have given it up so fast) yk women can also smoke weed right?  I feel like the way his character changed as Daphne got to know him was soooo perfect 🥹 at first he was Petra’s loser ex which is what Peter fed her but then she realized he’s nice and fun and honestly he’s fun in a small town way not even a loser way!! I liked that Daphne learned to manage her expectations both with the people in her life but also with her own life.  Like sometimes people are late not because they don’t care about you but because they’re just living their lives and things happen!  And you can’t expect everyone around you to be responsible for your feelings like not everyone is your dad!  Also the whole thing with Ashleigh being like you are a “we” person and as soon as you get a new “we” you stop caring about anything besides whoever your partner is.. that’s soooo fucking real! You can’t hold everyone to a standard of prioritizing you and your feelings no matter what but then also not prioritize anyone but your partner.  Ugh I just really loved the book lol