A review by elle_lit_zabeth
Funny Story by Emily Henry

5.0

I finished this book last night, and like every time I read an Emily Henry novel, I already want to do it again and I'm just thinking about it.

It's something about the way she creates these worlds, these microcosms of tenderness and friendship in which her main characters can finally grow, heal and evolve into feeling themselves. I love the way she so comfortingly conveys the message that, in the end, all's well, you are as you are with your past, your traumas and your wounds, your idiosyncrasies, your faults and your qualities, and that you can find people, friends, colleagues, loves, who will love you as you really are. That you can love yourself as you really are. There's something very soothing and tender about reading these lines, and it's undoubtedly one of the reasons (among dozens of others) why I love this author so much.

Now for the story. After Happy Place, Emily Henry chooses to return to a more traditional romance that will surely please those disappointed by her previous book (not me, I loved Happy Place). Even if the way the story of. Daphne and Miles is far from ordinary, we're plunged into a familiar pattern. 

Complicated relationships, a closeness forced on them by the fact that they find themselves collocated against their will. Their opinion of each other is blurred by their previous relationships, so it's fair to say that they don't really like each other at first.

What's certain is that, at first glance, everything seems to oppose them. And that's where the genius of Emily Henry's writing really shines. For every time you might think 'no, they're too different, they'll drive each other crazy', the opposite happens. Where one of the characters might be lacking something, he seems to find one of the missing pieces to his puzzle. A shoulder to cry on, an ear to listen, a big heart to understand and love, arms to support.

Through their attraction, Miles and Daphne find a friendship like no other, which will slowly turn into more (aided by a light dose of fake dating, but without basing the entire novel on this trope either).

You've guessed it, I loved this new novel by Emily Henry, who, as usual, won me over with her style, her main couple, her perfect dialogue and all those secondary characters you learn to care about as the novel progresses.

A great read.