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A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in
common.

Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on
a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his
lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling
it…right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his
childhood best friend Petra.

Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay,
Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s
librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the
only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles
Nowak.

Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart
break love ballads—Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned up
Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that
she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one
another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous
friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately
misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame
them?

But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would
actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new
fiancée’s ex…right?
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Emily Henry is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers, People
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Ayman
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April 26, 2024
funny story? ha. ain’t nothing funny about the way my heart was tugged while
reading this book. emily henry im under your bed cuz why’d you write a fmc that
has the same thoughts and fears as me?!? 💀

opposites attract has never been written better than before this. Daphne and
Miles were written for each other like a prophecy. this is one of emily’s most
horniest books yet, and i was there for it all the way through. “his mouth is
still cool from the lemonade, his breath tinged with hints of lavender, and his
hand slides around to the small of my back, fisting into my shirt…” i love these
descriptions. there was something very tender when he said “always so buttoned
up” to Daphne, who’s a librarian, as he was ripping her clothes off. 🫶🏽

i just know if i had an attentive, calm, loving, cherishing, beautiful man like
Miles in my life he’d be extremely manly to the point where i can turn off my
brain, be a girly girl, and not have a worry in the world. his gentle love felt
like a caress to my soul. the way he effortlessly took care of her, saw the
signs, respected her space and mind. Miles…YOU GOT IT LIKE THAT?!? he makes me
feel like im standing in sunlight☀️

lives were changed when Miles said, “ I know I’m not who you pictured yourself
with, but I think I could be, eventually. If you’ll let me. So don’t go. Because
I don’t want you to. Because you’re my best friend, and I’m in love with you.”
brother my knees just hit the floor in the middle of walmart😭

Daphne such a well rounded character. her fears were so real and the way she
overcame them was nothing if not humbling. emily writes her fmc so nuanced and
layered and deep. i feel like she’s writing about me and im ok with that 😁

also if i ever catch Peter in public im throwing a brick at him

emily henry books ranking:
1) beach read
2) funny story
3) book lovers
4) people we meet on vacation
5) happy place
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April 26, 2024
2.5/5

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What a forgettable, bland, boring and not Funny Story. This is my first Emily
Henry book that turned out being such a letdown for me. I don't know if the
title was meant to refer to the way our two main characters, Miles and Daphne,
started their relationship — "You know, Funny Story.. my fiancé dumped me for
his childhood best friend, who happened to be Miles’s girlfriend, and that’s how
we ended up living together, and then I accidentally told my ex-fiancé that
Miles and I are dating, so now we are fake dating.", or if it was just meant to
suggest that this would be a fun story to read, but unfortunately it didn't turn
out to be that for me.


As usual, as in every Emily Henry book, we have a book-loving character, this
time a librarian — Daphne, who turned out to be quite an okay heroine for me. I
could relate to her in a few ways and if I had to choose which main character I
liked more, I would point at her, but at the same time she wasn't even close to
how I could relate to January, who I'm starting to think will always be my
favorite heroine of this author. I probably would have felt more than just
"quiet okay" about her if she hadn't moaned every time she ate something, but
like I said, she wasn't that bad. I actually loved that she stood her ground and
never considered going back to her cheating ex-fiancé, unlike our hero who
wasn't so sure about it and who, speaking of which, let's get to him now.


Miles Nowak, our Bridget Jones's Diary-watching, spicy-woodsy-smelling (like
every other romance book hero), Crocs-loving hero who as for now is my least
favorite Emily Henry male character. Yes, he had some good moments, but instead
of screaming, blushing, and kicking my feet for how wonderful he was with
Daphne, I kept thinking about these facts about him



> "Miles looks up at me.
> “They,” I say, “suck.”
> “She’s the love of my life,” he says.
> “The love of your life sucks,” I tell him."



The love of your life? Hell no. I didn't like that he said that about his
cheating ex-girlfriend, so I expected him to say the same thing about the
heroine later in the book, but that didn't happen. I know he loved Daphne and
chose her, but this quote left a bitter taste in my mouth.

Or when the question was asked "if they would get back together with their exes"
and Daphne's answer was this



> "Would he take her back? I find myself wondering, before seamlessly
> transitioning into Would I take Peter back? “Definitely not,” I say aloud."



and Miles’s that



> "Petra was the exception, not the rule, for me. So if she wanted to get back
> together? I don’t know. But it’s not worth thinking about, since she’s engaged
> to your ex-boyfriend.”



She cheated on you with her best friend?!? What do you mean "I don’t know."?? It
should have been "No." from the very beginning when you found out about it.

The worst moment in the book that confirmed me why he is my least favorite Emily
Henry hero was when he went to see his ex when she called him crying and because
of that he left Daphne waiting for him.



> "And then Petra called, and she was sobbing. So hard I couldn’t understand
> her. I’d never seen her cry before. I honestly thought someone had died. She
> asked if I could come see her, and I said yes. Because I was worried. I still
> care about her.”



She cheated on you and then a month later was engaged to her best friend!?! What
do mean you still care about her??



> "I didn’t mean to tell her first.” The tops of his cheeks redden. “That I’m in
> love with you."



And then the first person to know he loved Daphne was also his ex. You know that
feeling when you read a romance novel and you just feel that the hero loves the
heroine? In Miles' case it was the opposite. Throughout the book, I had the
impression that if his ex-girlfriend wanted to come back to him, he would
welcome her with open arms. Only at the end of the book, when he did one thing,
I was like "Hmm, okay, maybe he loves Daphne then.". But as I just said, I only
started feeling it at the end of the book. All the things I mentioned, plus the
fact that a month after the breakup he still kept pictures of her in his room
instead of burning them, are why he will probably always be my least favorite
Emily character.


I don't even know what to say about the romance part of the book because it was
boring as the chemistry between Daphne and Miles seemed non-existent to me. They
finally confessed their love to each other, and the only thing I felt was
happiness, because I knew that this book would end soon. I guess that alone says
enough how much I enjoyed their love story.


I never expected that reading Emily Henry's book would evoke so many unpleasant
emotions in me, and yet, as you can see, it unfortunately happened. I hope I'm
in the minority of people who feel this way, because Emily's book being one of
the biggest disappointments of the year wasn’t on my bingo card.


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April 30, 2024
my heart is broken. i feel like i'm dying. the world holds nothing for me
anymore.

i'm three starring this book.

i adore emily henry, and i have since her magical realism days. i'd happily read
her to-do lists if she released them once a year, and i'm sure even those would
have more banter and loveliness and whimsy than your average full-length release
just by virtue of being written by her. i'd say the same about her grocery
lists, but i already do read those. (the woman writes a mean substack.)

there were a few things i didn't love about this book. it tries to fit so much
into a few hundred pages: our protagonist, daphne, is left by her fiance weeks
before her wedding, causing her to: move in with miles, her fiance's new
girlfriend's ex-boyfriend; realize she has no friends; begin a quest to find
herself; get over the fiancé and fall in love with miles; join a variety of
community groups and neighborhood activities; make her current job her dream
job; repress some CLEAR mommy issues i thought we were going to address, and
fully get over her daddy issues.

all of this is happening so much.

it comes at a cost, which is that typical emily henry magic (and i don't just
mean the bygone magical realism i mourn every day and never shut up about).

this book is not quite as funny — jokes feel forced, sometimes to the point that
you can only identify something as reaching for funny because the character
"joked" or "played along" instead of "said."

it is not quite as polished, with writing feeling a bit unconfident, full of
words italicized for emphasis and, you know, the whole verbs that aren't said
thing. (there are a LOT of dialogue attribution words that aren't "said.")

and the characters have none of their usual better-version-of-reality charm.
miles' nick miller archetype would never work for me personally, but my real
issue with him is that his character traits fade once we're supposed to see him
as a romantic prospect. our side characters, ashleigh and julia, feel like
interchangeable joke-bots to the point of being vaguely threatening. (when they
pop up on page in tandem i feel a sense of unease.)

and to be honest, daphne has no self awareness. because there's so much
happening in this book, everything has to be incredibly simple: daphne's issue
with her dad, AND daphne's issue with miles, AND daphne's friends' issue with
daphne all has to be the same. it makes for some moments of ridiculousness —
like how can daphne be melting down about being wronged on the same city block
where she realized several hours earlier she had wronged someone in that exact
same way? how could she be so unwilling to give the grace she expects for
herself? and how could emily henry set scenes of this book on a cherry farm in
michigan when she knew what it would do to me, specifically?!

sorry. that's the last time i'll bring up magical realism. i think.

ol' daph just has too much to figure out about herself. i think this abandonment
would be so completely traumatic even if she HADN'T built her entire life around
her fiancé only to be left entirely alone, and even if it WASN'T eerily similar
to her daddy issues, and even if she DIDN'T have a bunch of unresolved things
going on up in ye olde memory palace, that the last thing she'd be doing is
sticking around someone else's hometown flirting with her new roomie.

especially since what she ends up doing is repeating the exact same cycle with
no awareness at all.

and in the worst offense, miles' illiterate texting style reminded me of the
himbos i used to date (date doing a lot of heavy lifting here) in my wayward
youth. which should be a jailable offense in and of itself.

bottom line: like anything emily henry has ever written, this is better than a
lot of books. it just isn't better than most emily henry ones.

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April 24, 2024
to preface this review, i love and adore emily henry's books. book lovers is in
my top 5 books of all time (and i am not a romance reader), and happy place is
the only book that made me cry last year. time is truly measured in emily henry
releases for me.

my current emily henry rom com ranking is: book lovers (5 stars), happy place (5
stars), beach read (4.5 stars), funny story (3 stars), and people we meet on
vacation (2.5 stars). if we have completely different rankings, you'll probably
feel differently about this book!

if you are a big romance reader (reading books for the romance), you will most
likely enjoy this a lot. but if you are a lit fic reader who loves emily henry
books for the protagonists and their introspection and the fact that her romance
feels grounded and realistic (me), this might be a slight miss. it's been a
while since i've described an emily henry book as just "good", but this one
feels like that for me.

funny story still has emily henry's signature witty dialogue and chemistry
between miles and daphne. it is arguably her most commercial romance to date,
filled with more romantic scenes between the two characters. daphne, after being
dumped by her fiancé for his best friend, decides to room with miles, who was
dumped by said best friend. in classic emily henry rom com style, funny story is
set in a beautiful town in the midwest (michigan), charged with quick banter and
heart to hearts between the characters. in this vein, the book felt like a mix
of beach read and book lovers, in a sense.

but not really. while it's impossible for me to dislike a emily henry book
because of her writing, much of my enjoyment as a reader comes from being able
to see myself and parts of my personality reflected through either protagonist.
for book lovers, it was overwhelmingly nora, for happy place, it was harriet,
for beach read, it was gus, and for people we meet on vacation, it was alex. and
so on.

the main qualm i had with funny story is that neither miles nor daphne felt
relatable to me, which made it a less enjoyable read than her other books. this
is why i say that my neutral stance on this book is most likely a personal one.
daphne and miles both felt very confusing to me as characters, almost as if they
were hybrids of emily henry's previous characters. i couldn't quite get either
of their characterizations or defining traits. there is not a single emily henry
book i didn't read in one sitting...until this one.

like i mentioned above, a big reason for my love for emily henry books is her
protagonists and how their introspection does not read like other commercial
romance books, but more like literary fiction. her characters are well thought
through, reflective, and very three dimensional. nora was literally just me from
start to finish (so i don't have to really put forth a defense about three
dimensionality). harriet's introspection on loneliness and living for other
people genuinely changed my life. but daphne didn't really have any.

the chemistry and get-together also felt a bit rushed and forced at times, and
the dialogue and heart to hearts felt less genuine and blander than her other
books. for a book called funny story, it was...not. i think my big issue was
just with miles as well. he just didn't enough charisma and charm for this book
to be memorable for me. wyn and alex didn't really either, but i related a lot
to alex and wyn was redeemed through harriet.

funny story is a great read and definitely still a cut above other romance
books. but this one just didn't do it for me. i really hope her next release
works for me!

thank you berkley for the arc!

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April 25, 2024
Beach read & Happy Place have my heart but now so does this book

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April 30, 2024
make your love interest nick miller coded and i am SEATED

also there’s no way that many people could comfortably live in that apartment at
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So funny story.. I went in expecting to dislike it but ended up having a really
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I give this book 4.5 stars, rounded up to steamy forced proximity, friends to
lovers, opposites attraction. In no way can I give any Emily Henry book less
than five stars.

This book isn't my favorite among Emily Henry's works. "Happy Place" holds that
position, while "People We Meet on Vacation" is my least favorite of hers. (By
the way, both earned five stars from me, so I have to work on a different
grading system for Henry’s books like triple five stars, minus five stars, etc.
But I'm sure each of her books will become my favorite romance readings of the
year, even though Colleen Hoover releases a book at the same time. Yep, ColHo
fans, I’m one of yours, but fair is fair! Emily Henry is a true musician and
poet playing the strings of my heart.)

But let's be honest: Miles Nowak is the BEST BOYFRIEND Emily Henry has created!
He’s caring, a charm magnet, selfless, easy-going, adventurous – not only the
best boyfriend but also the best male friend any woman seeks. His irresistible
hotness is the cherry on top. I'm usually irritated by the heroes Emily Henry
creates, but so far, Miles has exceeded them with his good heart, sense of
humor, naturalness, without having a selfish bone in his body!

I have to admit I had doubts when I first decided to read this book because I've
never been a fan of love triangles or ex-lover situations. When they are
involved, things get messier, and emotions get blurrier. Most characters do
something irritating, missing the ex or trying to rekindle, which pisses me off.

I won't give spoilers, but I can say this: the situation of becoming roommates
with your ex-fiancée’s new fiancée’s ex-boyfriend couldn’t be handled very
gently and fairly. Both Daphne and Miles are wise, analyzing their situations
very reasonably. When they accidentally find themselves in a fake dating
situation, they even share their thoughts honestly. That’s why I loved both of
the characters. They know their own flaws, weaknesses, and they don’t whine or
obsess over their exes. They hold each other to get through the trauma, and from
their mutual tragic incident, a beautiful, unique friendship is born. I loved
how they slowly lowered down their barriers, learning to explore themselves and
the huge life awaiting them. They acted so mature and were so careful not to be
each other’s rebound, even though the sparks fly and burn the apartment they
share to the ground.

The plot revolves around Daphne, who loves the story of how she met her fiancée
Peter until he dumps her after the bachelor party to choose his childhood friend
Petra over her, giving her one week to move from their shared house, heading to
the Amalfi Coast with his new girlfriend! Yes, what a jerk! Homeless and
hopeless, Daphne, who recently left her old life behind to start a new life with
Peter, finds Miles: Petra’s dumped a few minutes ago boyfriend at Peter’s door,
and she pops up the question: is there any vacant room at your apartment?

Yes, the equation might be too complicated. Daphne: reserved, tight-lipped,
buttoned-up children’s librarian living with a carefree, adventurous, pothead
guy who is working odd jobs, as her ex-fiancée defined. But when they get an
invitation to Petra & Peter’s wedding, their very reserved roommate relationship
changes after a night ends at the bar, and both of them decide to RSVP to the
wedding. And guess what? The same day Peter makes a pity call that leads Daphne
to lie about her relationship situation with Miles. She says they are dating,
and thankfully Miles plays along with her game.

But what if she misjudged Miles from the beginning? This self-deprecating,
friendly guy who always puts others before him, comes to the library to cheer
him up when she reads books to the kids, takes him places in town she has never
seen, helps her open her mind and heart, rediscovering herself. Is he the guy
her heart wants?

Well, I loved Miles, I loved Daphne & Miles' love story, and the beautiful
epilogue in the end! No more words! Emily Henry never disappoints me! She
meticulously solved this challenging relationship equation with the best
possible outcome! Go on! Read, reread, and reread this lovely book!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing for sharing this amazing book’s
digital reviewer copy with me in exchange for my honest thoughts.

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4.75!

“All those moments throughout the days, weeks, months that don't get marked on
calendars with hand-drawn stars or little stickers.
Those are the moments that make a life.
Not grand gestures, but mundane details that, over time, accumulate until you
have a home, instead of a house.
The things that matter.
The things I can't stop longing for.”

Now I am not gonna lie but this was not Emily's best work and after a rant with
Roxy I understand that there can be some things that could have been done to
make the story better but that does not change the fact that I loved reading
this book and did not want it to end because you just have to read Emily Henry's
works to understand that! Good writing is such a plus for me because if the
writing is engaging and has you fully immersed in the book you probably won't
see the problems that it has, unless its pin pointed out and this was the case
with this book because I was so in love with the writing and the characters and
with everything that she set up that I did not even find anything bothering me.
She writes such intricate characters who you can relate with so much and you
actually do feel for them, overlapped with such realistic qualities and problems
that makes you relate to them and that doesn't make you feel alone because you
see how another character faces the same problems, deals with it the same way
you do and there' just something so beautiful about it.

Okay so it's basically about two two people Daphna and Miles both their Fiancées
cheat on them which leads to Daphne getting kicked out of Peters house and has
to stay with Miles and while they both are there, the get a wedding invitation
from their exes which leads to Miles and Daphne falling into a fake relationship
to make them jealous and honestly them being roommates as well was so hot. It
was different from other fake dating tropes because of the way it was set but
the way it unraveled could have been something more. There's this quote during
this scene where Daphne tells Miles of what she did that I laughed at and smiled
stupidly at:

"Wait!' He braces his hands against the counter, face brightening. "So he called
to try to make you feel so pathetic you wouldn't come ruin his special day and
you told him we were dating?'

'Im sorry,' I say again.

'That fucking rules,' He says. 'How'd he take it?"

Daphne and Miles were such good characters and I kind of think that there could
have been more depth to them but I still enjoyed the way that they were written
in like Daphne self doubting herself because of her father always left her after
promising that he was there to stay and I loved how she got over it and finally
confessed her feeling by giving an angry rant on his phone because he needed
that and I also appreciated the bond that she had with her mother although I do
think that we could have gotten more one on one scenes for them and as for
Miles, I loved him so much and its with all Emily Henry's men, I see myself in
them.. be it Gus, Wyn, Charlie, Alex or Miles theres always something within
them that I find I can relate too and for here with Miles was how he texts, the
way he overuses the word nice which bug Roxy off so much but for me the thing
that I related to him the most was where He panicked and reacted anxiously and
then realized what he had done a little too late I won't elaborate on that
because that would be a spoiler but I did get him during that scene but besides
that scene, Miles was such a cute and hot too?? loved him. There was one thing
that I appreciated as well but thought more could have been done was Miles past
with her mother and how it turned him into who he was, always overlooking
peoples negative side, never lashing out and always being nice(?)

Their banter that I loved:
"True,' he says 'but I haven't had any luck yet tracking down the stretch of
beach where thirtysomethings go to smoke weed'
'Oh, they're all just vaping from their beds while watching HGTV'
'Not us,' he says
'No, we're adventurous' I say"
_
"I turn to look at him. 'Even when you try to be mean, you're nice,'
His eyes seem to spark when he smiles. 'I'll try harder."
_
"Do me a favor,' he says lightly, 'Unlock your door.'
'Why?'
'So I can push you out as I peel out of the parking lot,' he says,
'You would never,' I say
'I would never' he admits."
_
“Drink. Dance. Have fun.”
“In a room with our exes,” I point out. “Who think we’re dating.”
Miles’s smile hitches up. “See?” he says. “Doesn’t that sound fun?”

I absolutely loved the friendship that Ashleigh and Daphne had because it was so
down to earth and real and raw that I just fell in love with it and I think it
was because Emily focused on Ashleighs character as well and gave her a story
which made us understand where she was coming from and what was happening and
how that eventually led them to be friends and I also loved how she supported
Daphne's decisions but wont lie to her as well and would subtly try to make her
understand things, she was certainly better than whatever the fuck Sadie was.
Another bond that I liked but thought some scenes could have been explored more
was of Miles and his sister JUlie they were just so wholesome and cute and
deserve the whole world.

"You're worth it, Daphne," he says, hand soft on my jaw and eyes closed.
'Miles?' I whisper. 'I do, I do what all those parts of you'
His eyes open, molten, warm, 'Good,' He says. 'They want you too.'
Then he kisses me."

The romance was honestly the horniest Emily has ever been it was not I would say
insta-lust because there was development and it wasn't like ' oh one look and im
hard' but it was that instead of the intense pining, proximity and slow burn,
they just acted on what they felt. I am a sucker for slow burn and wanted more
but I cant deny how much I enjoyed reading the scenes. Also, the way emily henry
also writes poetic smut?? Like??? How can you do that woman. Despite it being
her horniest, it was very well balanced.

Now,The things that could have been better; (spoilers)(credits;roxy)

1, More drama as we were promised a wedding which could have increased the
sexual tension, the fake dating part and the drama a lot.

2, Daphne going to her mom to rant like we saw Rory do with Lorelai in Gilmore
Girls.

3, Male povs because having Miles's POV would have been so interesting since
would've gotten his emotional scene with Julie and it wouldve been more showing
and less telling.

4, More drama by Miles's mother meeting them and this book being at least 200
pages more

Now the scenes that I loved

1, When Daphne gets dumped and throws almonds at Petra and Peter

2, Miles and Daphne hanging out across the town

3, The cherry hill scene with Ashleigh, Miles and Daphne

4, Daphne making it up to Ashleigh

5, Miles going to confront Daphne's dad

6, The cute tender moments between Miles and Daphne that will make you feel
single.

7, the milkshake, fries and beach scene.

Overall, a fantastic read that I will definitely read again and again despite
some things that could have been added.

Ratings for her other books:
1, Beach read: 5
2, Happy place: 5
3, Funny story: 4.75
4, People we meet on vacation: 4.5
5, Book lovers: 4.02

Special shoutout to Roxy for getting me to read all of Emily's books last year
and hearing my rants about it. We need another EH buddy reading session.
___
EMILY HENRY I AM IN LIVE WITH YOU!! LETS GET MARRIED SO I CAN GET ALL THE
STORIES YOU WRITE (RTC when I finish my rant with Roxy and gather my thoughts)
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Its time 💫

• Buddy reading with the one and only Roxy

(Emily Henry so far all my anticipated reads have not met my expectations I'm
begging you pls don't disappoint.)
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Yes, Emily henry is a drug and i am an addict.

I am not even joking when i say this but this is the only ting that i am looking
forward to this year.

Emily Henry writes the best books, her writing style alone is so beautiful and
bewitching and the feeling of loosing yourself to it is so immense and amazing
that i just cant wait to feel that again!
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May 2, 2024
4 stars!

i have now read three emily henry books, and while she is undoubtedly a talented
writer, what i find most fascinating is the loyalty of her readers; going to
your nearest bookstore on release day for a book that is probably no less than
$30 — that’s dedication. and you know what, i think i finally get it.

i didn’t have particularly high expectations for funny story, but in all
transparency, this just might be my favorite book of hers, hovering right above
beach read (which i thoroughly enjoyed) and book lovers (of which i have no
recollection but still think highly). it’s far from perfect, but it does a lot
of things well, and that’s quite a feat considering it’s less than 400 pages
(proof that less is more!) and, according to the reviews i’ve seen, her most
“romantic” romance novel yet.

still — i think funny story, like her other books, straddles the line between
lighthearted romcom and introspective women’s fiction. the banter in this one is
some of the best she’s written — it’s reread worthy, the kind that makes you
laugh out loud. the characters themselves are wonderfully written; it’s obvious
that emily henry adores them. she crafted miles and daphne with so much care and
thought, adding dimension to the characters through their experiences and
focusing on how said experiences changed and ultimately shaped them into the
miles and daphne we read about in this book. it’s rare for me to like one mc in
a romance book, let alone both, but daphne felt so relatable — her thoughts
mimicked my very own at times. and miles i had a soft spot for because how could
you not? he’s this is me trying personified. and the romance? god, the romance.
i’m a harsh rater, even more so when it comes to contemporary romance. but in
every! one! of! her! books! emily henry prioritizes the emotional connection
between the two main characters. and the way she develops their relationship and
has them slowly open up to each other? it gets me. every. time. i live for their
vulnerable moments, for their conversations about their pasts, about what haunts
them, as much as i live for their banter.

despite this being first and foremost a romance, it is also a story about
rediscovering yourself, relearning who you are and what you like and what you
want out of life. it’s a reminder to live for yourself, to spend your days with
the people you love, to love them without restraint or inhibition. the ending is
beautifully uplifting, the last sentence tying back to the very first, the tone
hopeful and reassuring. it’s what i think i needed right now as someone who’s
entering her twenties and is so intimidated by the unknown, who’s tempted to run
away from the unpredictability of it all. and i’m sure it’s a book i’ll come
back to when, in five years, my life will probably make even less sense than it
does now.

thank you to netgalley and berkley publishing for the arc 💓
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April 28, 2024
damn can’t we get an actual funny story or like a happier story some time? i’m
tired of this grandpa

(that being said i can begrudgingly admit this was well written and the hero was
a real person so let’s all clap for the growth cause usually these dudes are
just lady obsessed cardboard cutouts)

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‘If I had to be marooned, I’m glad it was with you.’

Bust out the tweed and toast your awkward roommate if you’ve got one, Emily
Henry has a romcom for you. Sometimes, just when it feels like smooth sailing on
the raft you call a life, an unexpected fucker of a wave smashes your plans to
splinters and send you off course and adrift. Such is the case for Daphne in
Emily Henry’s charming new novel, Funny Story, whose life has been shipwrecked
upon the shores of a Lake Michigan vacation town with the ex of her ex’s new
fiance. You read that right, and these mutual exes are such a smart match they
are practically named after each other, Peter and Petra, so out with the tweed
and in with the twee I suppose. But, as Daphne learns, sometimes a shipwreck can
be a new start to something more beautiful. One of this books biggest strengths
in allowing the narrative to wade through sorrows to create a portrait of adults
discovering how to carry their own baggage and how their interactions with
others are affected by it with a lot of the drama not being a miscommunication
trope, per say, but more people tripping themselves up into confirmation bias
based on their own personal traumas. It has some grit that grounds the otherwise
breezy narrative and the real love story is learning to love oneself in order to
love and be loved. It does wrap up a bit overly idyllic but honestly, I felt the
biggest cracks in the veneer of the story was when it tried to make things
happier than it probably needed to be but I understand why that is the case.
With her signature witty banter, wry humor, and characters that are easy to fall
in love with as they fall apart and into love themselves, Funny Story is a
endearing tale about picking up the pieces only to discover oneself amidst the
wreckage, learn to be yourself for yourself, and find a love where you least
expect.

‘The same universe that dispassionately takes things away can bring you things
you weren't imaginative enough to dream up.’

Alright let’s talk about love and stuff (surprise: the “stuff” is trauma!) I
found Funny Story to read as a much quieter novel than most of Emily Henry’s
works, but also found that, coupled with a slow-burn plot that lets scenes and
character introspection really breathe, to be part of what made it so endearing
for me. This will probably take some criticism for being slow but my favorite
books are the sort that don’t exactly have what most people call a “plot” soooo
this was fine for me. Funny Story reads more along the lines of the coziness in
Book Lovers while also being more successful than I found Happy Place to be.
Having just read Lynn Painter’s Happily Never After, I felt like this was a
successful version of the many things that story tried to be (both books,
however, have a thing about eating pizza being sexy which…ok…???) where the
characters actually felt their age, the fake dating felt plausible, the third
act drama was passably believable for the genre. It does try to tie up too many
loose ends and solve all the issues and I don't think we needed that, but I
suppose cliches are cliche for a reason and there are expectations in genres so
thats more a Me thing. And like, sure there's a lot to pick at but also it’s
aiming to be a fun book and it lands that aspect while also managing to have a
dynamic look at how past hurts can haunt our self-esteem and hinder our
vulnerability when trying to connect with others and that helped hold the story
together. One person's breakdown is another person’s novel glue I guess? Wait, I
think I just finally understood literature.

‘You can't force a person to show up, but you can learn a lesson when they
don't.’

This is a fairly character driven narrative of self-discovery and trauma
processing that just so happens to stumble into romance so having the characters
be in their early 30s helped bring this to life. Also that everything sucks and
they just keep having to go to work and smile because they work public facing
jobs–I FELT THAT SO HARD. I’ve found in similar novels that the characters felt
far too young for their ages whereas Funny Story captures being an adult but not
having the stable career/family/housing/etc that would make one “feel adult.”
It's a very Millennial narrative where jokes like ‘are we evil or just
immature?’ to laugh off behavior felt very true to life and all these characters
seemed to walk onto the page directly out of the sort of single, early 30s
service industry folks I’ve known and been friends with. But it also positions
the characters in the wreckage of their Round 1 attempt at adulthood where they
can no longer pretend they aren’t a product of their past and have to weigh out
how their past traumas and coping mechanisms have embedded into their
personalities. Especially since both Miles and Daphne are still reeling from
hurts caused by the actions of their parents and don’t have a healthy
relationship to serve as a compass for their own (and Daphne’s father is still a
source of constant disappointment). ‘I don’t want you to look at me like I’m
broken,’ Miles says at one point and this cuts to the heart of how these
character’s present themselves: eager to show they are alright while feeling far
from fine inside and wanting to hide that.


> ’It’s easy to be loved by the ones who’ve never seen you fuck up. The ones
> you’ve never had to apologize to, and who still think all your ‘quirks’ are
> charming.’


Since so much of dating involves understanding each other’s defense mechanisms
and unpacking how past traumas inform your interpersonal relationships, being
able to be vulnerable is important to intimacy and Funny Story does well by
showing how frustrating it can be to open yourself up at the same emotional
places where you are currently bruised. Though, speaking of intimacy, readers
should know Emily Henry is not a closed-door romance writer (as Ashleigh says it
is ‘definitely not PG’) and while the sex scenes are fairly awkward here (I
suspect the term “cringe” will get used in a lot of reviews) I think thats part
of their charm as these are just…awkward people. Henry wrote a rather humorous
article (read it HERE) on how to write sex scenes and the key detail she returns
to several times is vulnerability and embracing the awkward, but also using the
scenes to progress the characters.


> ‘The scene has to change things. Because every scene has to change things.
> And that’s it. As close as I think I could get teaching someone to write (or
> rewrite) a sex scene. You have to treat it like any other scene, because
> that’s what it is…It has to move the story. It has to shift the emotional
> landscape. It doesn’t have to be universally deemed sexy (it can’t; people
> like different things) and it doesn’t have to avoid the territory of cringe
> (it won’t, for the aforementioned reason). It simply has to be true to the
> story.’


While I’m not sure the scenes here really count as plot progression, I found the
awkwardness that leaves the characters rather flustered and confused about their
relationship to work as part of the character study that seems to be the focus
of this book. Its a novel about finding yourself but thankfully its not white
folks “finding themselves” by going to India or Joshua Tree listening to The
Doors, its just getting high and watching action movies with your roommate and
getting some “accidental” action of your own.

‘She’s a walking fantasy and I’m a librarian who actually does wear a lot of
buttons and tweed.’

Learning to love oneself in all your faults and failures is difficult, but the
joy in the discovery of what makes you “you” comes alive through Daphne quite
well. The set up is pretty great and Henry launches you into it rather quickly.
I do enjoy how it sort of mimics the set up in Book Lovers where she gets dumped
in a very romcom ending “I realized my best friend was my love all along” way
like Daphne is the discard fiance that barely gets any lines and seems lame
anyways (so I guess shoutout to anyone who maybe identified with Mark Ruffalo’s
fiance in 13 Going On 30?). This is just another incident in a long line of
feeling not important in the lives of those who claim to love you, and having
had an absentee father taught her a few self-defense mechanisms long ago:


> ‘Trust people’s actions, not their words.
> Don’t love anyone who isn’t ready to love you back.
> Let go of the people who don’t hold on to you.
> Don’t wait on people who don’t jury for you.’


Being free from a relationship she thought would sail her happily from life has
also made her reflect on how she never really formed a solid sense of self and
instead allowed a relationship to fill in all the blanks for her. ‘I always
cleaved to people I love and tried to orient my orbit around them,’ she
realizes, which was an attempt to ‘make myself unleavable.’ And guess what? They
all left. But now she has a new opportunity to find herself in it all.


> ‘Im not sure which parts of me are him and which parts are genuinely my own
> and I want to know. I want to know myself, to test my edges and see where I
> stop and the rest of the world begins.’


Having also ended up in a Michigan lakeshore vacation town only for my
supposedly “got it together” lifeplans to go down like the Edmund Fitzgerald (if
you are from Michigan you are required to love the Edmund Fitzgerald and think
of the Great Lakes like some fierce god that gives life but takes it away. Any
museum is like “Science/Art/History/etc is so cool!” Michigan museums are like
“the Lake is a cruel mistress who will kill you and everyone you love!”), this
all resonated with me. Too much maybe. But I loved seeing her come to love it
and find her own place. ‘I feel embarrassing pride at having become a regular at
someplace new all on my own,’ she thinks about becoming a familiar face in a
coffee shop. Can confirm that is a cool feeling when you feel utterly alone in
the world. Good for you, Daphne, find your place.

‘There’s no place on this earth like Waning Bay.’

Speaking of place, Emily Henry excels at capturing a sense of place and
embedding it into her narratives as if the local community itself were a
supporting cast character in her romcoms. It helps, too, that her locales tend
to offer plenty of comedic relief along with their atmosphere. Henry has spoken
at length about the importance of “place” in crafting her novels in interviews,
stating that ‘I want my characters to feel like they grew up in the place where
[my books are] set.’ In Funny Story, however, we watch Daphne as she has to
learn a new place being stuck in a Northern Michigan vacation community, but it
is less the way learning a place is about learning to better understand her love
interest as it was in Book Lovers and more about learning to understand herself.
Luckily she is aided by her new roommate, Miles, who also had to find his way
amidst this community after shipwrecking there himself (can relate, buddy).
Henry captures these Michigan communities in highly specific and humorous ways
while making it still relatable to those unfamiliar with them. Maybe I’m biased
and Daphne being a librarian and Miles being a bartender at a cherry themed wine
bar is just something I’d enjoy because I work in a library after having myself
been a wine bartender at a cherry themed establishment. But aspects of Michigan
vacation towns felt so true to life. I laughed at the bar named “BARn” which is
so eye-rollingly Michigan. But also aspects like seeing a young couple that are
‘on a first date which might somehow be an actual vacation,’ or everyone having
their “corn guy, jam connection or cheesemonger, or someone saying things like
being on the water is probably what church is to some folks. But for real, if
you need amazing tomatoes, I know a guy.

‘A good librarian makes all the difference.’

The side characters are great as well, like the younger sister who brings in a
lot of heartfelt discussions on family dynamics in response to family traumas,
or the single-mom librarian. The library aspects are a bit kitschy but charming
and I’m glad Henry presents the very real issues of how much blatant sexual
harassment librarians face or the random moments of extreme anger or weirdness
and how we just…deal with it and move along like a blip in the day. I usually
hate when authors add libraries or librarians into plots because it's so
stereotypically twee or inaccurate but Henry pulls it off well. Back to the
sister for a moment, I thought the age gap between siblings was explored in a
pretty comically-true-to-life way and how it wasn’t miscommunication between
them but just…lack of communicating at all because you just assume what the
other person is thinking. Which, okay real. That plays into the third act drama
as well where its less a miscommunication and more falling victim to your own
confirmation bias and assumptions. But Miles is sweet. I really liked Miles,
guys. Miles feels like people I've met, especially in my bartending days. Also a
coworker told me they think Miles is based on me. He’s not, I don’t own crocs
(shoutout to the cover artist for including that). Did he do something sort of
uncool at the end that Daphne is understandably upset about? Yes. Not great. But
also did it feel like...well, something you'd hear a friend tell you about why
their mad at a guy? Absolutely.

I also don't know if this actually needed a successful romance? Maybe that's
just me but the aspect about loving yourself and existing outside the circle of
your partner was pretty great and we could have left it at that.

‘A second act I fell into, and the home that I chose, as much as it chose me.
I can’t wait. I can’t wait for this whole world I’ve invited to surprise me.’

All in all, Funny Story is a sweet story of summer, libraries and finding joy in
a new town and new friend. What I really loved about this book—even when it made
me cry because I sobbed at the end—is how it just felt like people interacting
with people and stumbling through their own issues instead of having some
driving plot pushing people in directions. What I’m getting at is they felt like
people instead of chess pieces for the sake of plot. The third act drama is done
well too. Though when Henry tries to tell you that Michiganders refer to
vacationers as “fudgies” for coming here to get our fudge (which is yum)...no we
don’t. But the people from the Upper Peninsula DO in fact call the lower
Peninsula “trolls.” Nobody in this novel says “ope” though, which is the
Michigan noise for everything. Daphne should have said “ope” during a sex scene,
I would have fallen over and then made this novel the State flag or something.
Anyways, I enjoyed this and I hope you will too.

4/5

‘Family. The real kind, who will always love you, even when your decisions make
no sense to them.’
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> what’s the point of a contemporary romance if by the end of it i am not even
> convinced that the male protagonist loves the main female character more than
> his —beautiful, accomplished, heartbreaker, full of life— ex ?



to say that i’m disappointed is an euphemism so i wont even put an effort to
coordinate two sentences to pull a well structured review. this book deserved
more romance. some dialogues could’ve used some chopping. it was frustrating how
some side characters had a soupçon more spotlight than the male main character.
the female main character deserved better. least favorite EH hero.

ready for mother to break my ✨HEART ✨
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the title ? the way we all see the irony behind it.. this story is not going to
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April 23, 2024
i'm all for recycling but does she have to keep writing the same book every year


boring. repetitive. bland characters. a mc that moans every time she eats
something (is this some kind of weird new sex thing. was i supposed to be turned
on. sparks were definitely flying but that's just because i considered setting
myself and the book on fire multiple times). i was actually gonna give this two
stars but the more i think about it the more i hate it. also i'm in a very bad
mood. lol.


i have said it with book lovers before and i will say it again: all her books
feel the same. wake me up in two days time and yell the names alex, gus, and
miles at me and i will struggle assigning them to the right books. i don't even
remember happy places mmc... and i actually liked that book... meh whatever.


those two had about the same amount of chemistry as me and that work project i
have been putting off for weeks because it bores me to death just thinking
about. watching paint dry would have been more exciting than reading this. maybe
it isn't too late yet. someone get me a brush.


my theory concerning emily henry's popularity on goodreads is that she always
writes about female characters that in one shape or another love books. and...
that's basically most of the demographic here so. which is fine and yay yippiee
juhu, representation (the poor underrepresented class of *checks notes* white
cishet female readers) but like .... please write a book that isn't just the
previous ones rearranged and glued together?


also, the story wasn't even funny???
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i don’t wanna talk about it

so i won’t




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> “I don’t know how to talk along the surface of things, but I also don’t want
> to unearth the ugly stuff, over and over again, for people who are just
> passing through my life. It’s depleting. Like every time I dole out a kernel
> of my history to someone who’s not going to become a fixture in my life, a
> piece of me gets carried away, somewhere I can never get it back. You can’t
> untell someone your secrets. You can’t unsay those delicate truths once you
> learn you can’t trust the person you handed them to.”



— Emily Henry is never beating the ✨ sorcery allegations ✨when she keeps writing
my thoughts and experiences. This is The Tortured Poet's Department coded with
elements of Midnights in the second half of the book. This book was everything I
didn't know I needed and I'm going to need Emily to write more contemporary
romance books immediately.

— The romance is a heavier focus compared to some of her other work, however it
still had Emily's character driven stories, witty humour and introspection. This
will be very subjective depending on your own personal connection to these
characters and stories but I felt so seen in this book. This was a personal
experience for me as it always is with Emily's books and I found it emotional at
times.

➳ Daphne is up there with one of the most relatable FMC's for me. She's cynical
about love and has been neglected by most people in her life. The romance was a
large factor, but Daphne's fear of abandonment, parental issues and cynical
nature gave me the emotional depth I crave in Emily's books. Daphne's
abandonment issues are incredibly realistic and I got teary towards the end
seeing how this has shaped her life. The Prophecy from TTPD this is so Daphne
coded as she doesn't feel like she belongs anywhere with family, friends or
relationships.



> “You can’t force a person to show up, but you can learn a lesson when they
> don’t. Trust people’s actions, not their words. Don’t love anyone who isn’t
> ready to love you back. Let go of the people who don’t hold on to you. Don’t
> wait on anyone who’s in no rush to get to you.”



➳ Miles is portrayed as the well-liked and free-spirited personality, however,
he has a depth to him once he opens up. He's very patient and in tune with the
emotions of people around him. He's an optimist and I loved how he turned
Daphne's pessimistic statement's into something positive. I love his personality
and banter so I will forgive him for wearing crocs all the time 🫣



> “It’s easy to be around people who don’t know you. But as soon as someone
> starts to figure you out—as soon as you can’t be perfect—it’s easier to move
> on. Find someone new to be the cool, fun, laid-back one with.”



➳ Peter and Petra are terrible people. I found Peter especially triggering. He's
the guy that always wants what he doesn't have and can't let others be happy
without him. Petra got off too easy for her behaviour.

➳ Ashleigh is a side character but she offered a lot to this story. I loved the
found family aspect she brought but also her own experiences also added depth to
the story. I loved her moment with Daphne towards the end of the book which
offered constructive feedback to Daphne's response to conflict.

➳ The romance had me kicking my feet like a love-struck teenager. They were so
adorable and the chemistry and tension was palpable. The angst was on nearly
every page and while the sexual tension was amazing, it wasn't instant love and
their relationship offered so much more than sexual chemistry. They did trauma
bond to an extent at the start but it's very clear that their chemistry was not
a consequence of the hand they were dealt. This is very loosely fake dating — It
could had fallen into so many other tropes but I loved the direction Emily took
and she really let the characters stand on their own.



> “I want to kiss you, every time you take a sip of something and make that
> sound. I want to kiss you every time I walk past your bedroom and hear your
> laugh through the door. I want to kiss you every time I hear the shower turn
> on and know that you’re in there. I want to kiss you all the time, Daphne.
> Sometimes it’s just easier to find an excuse.”



— There's a conflict towards the end and people might have some mixed feelings
about it. I personally thought it was realistic because I related to the
characters I would have felt the same. I don't pick Emily's books up with the
expectation of it being a fluffy. I crave the introspection so I was not
disappointed. It goes without saying that her writing is beautiful and witty —
she had me laughing, blushing and crying. This delivered everything I look for!

⋆˙⟡♡⟡⋆˙ Quotes ⋆˙⟡♡⟡⋆˙

➷ I’ve always cleaved to the people I love, tried to orient my orbit around
them. Maybe, I realize, I’ve been trying to make myself un-leave-able. But it
hasn’t worked. “I don’t want to just be a part of we, I want to be an I.”

➷ “I love this dress,” she says. “It’s so different! Your usual style is so …
buttoned up.” Ouch. Miles touches my back, his hand skimming over to my far hip,
pulling me into his side. “Like a secret,” he says.

➷ “Can I do anything?” I ask. Now his smile softens. He touches my chin again.
“Nah,” he says. “This is enough.” “I’m not doing anything,” I point out. The
corner of his mouth twitches. “Then why do I feel better?”

➷ “How could I miss someone who didn’t exist?”

➷ “A part of me is just waiting, for the moment when you see whatever it is that
drives people away. And I don’t want that. I don’t want you to stop wanting me
around. I think it might break my heart to be someone you don’t like.”

➷ “You’re wonderful. You’re the reason for the word wonderful. It really
shouldn’t be used for anything else. You make me want to see the best in
everyone. You’re the person I want to be with when everything’s going wrong,
instead of just wanting to skip over those times entirely.”
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i feel like before i can say anything about this book, i just have to let you
all know that i was born and raised in michigan (and started this goodreads
account in michigan), even though i moved out west after college. but it is also
important to know that michigan people love other michigan people! lol like, i
am giggling while typing this, but it is also very true and i have never seen
another state have this kind of instant comradery before. my family still lives
about three hours away from the traverse city area, but i’ve been there so many
times, especially during the summer. and this very long prologue of a review is
just to say that emily henry really captured the magic of what is a michigan
summer and it was absolutely perfect in my opinion. i’m also not sure a book has
ever made me miss home as much as the setting of this book, and i just really
wanted to emphasize how phenomenally done it was to me, and i would bet a lot of
money she has lived there at some point in her life.

okay the actual review - i think i can make a dot here: this book is, ironically
enough, a story about one person trying to convince another person to build a
home and life in a sleepy little michigan city. but let me not forget to type
that these two people’s lives have crossed because both of their significant
others have decided to leave them for each other! and our main character, after
being dumped the morning after her fiance's bachelor party, has nowhere to go
because she picked up her life and moved it to where she thought she would
finally set up roots. so she moves in with her ex’s new girlfriend’s ex (this
feels so hard to type out lol), and each chapter starts with a countdown of how
many days until a fundraiser at her work, at a local library, happens and then
she will be able to leave. but maybe she can actually still set up those roots
after the fundraiser, but in an even healthy and happier way (filled with some
good healing along the way).



> “That's what happens when your life partner leaves you for the nicest,
> sunniest, prettiest woman in the state of Michigan.”

everyone is going to talk about this book on all platforms, so instead of me
telling you more about this book, let me tell you some things i really loved
about this story with some bullet points (besides the michigan bias, obviously):

➛ there is a very big difference between niceness and kindness and this book
really shows that throughout.

➛ as you get older, making new friends can be way harder! and friendship
breakups can be just as devastating as romantic breakups! but also, it can be
really worth it to let people in, even after you’ve been hurt by doing so with
others - maybe especially after that.



> “You can't untell someone your secrets. You can't unsay those delicate truths
> once you learn you can't trust the person you handed them to.”


➛ this book also talks about some parental abuse that i honestly do not think
i’ve ever read about before, and i know it is going to mean a lot to a lot of
people. also the way that miles handles that trauma in the present day was
something that really made me feel seen and meant more to me than i have words
to put in a review here.



> “I need it to be okay. Because I need to be okay. As a kid, I just felt so
> fucking scared and powerless, all the time, and now, I just need to be okay.”


➛ and this is also just such a book about community, and carving out space and
safety and love with the people who you trust and want to build a home with.
especially when you’ve lived a life of not really having much stability, and the
thought of it being taken away makes you scared to start to build it.

➛ libraries will always be the heart of cities, with some of the most powerful
tools we have to amplify voices and create change. i am actually typing this up
during national library week here, and i just can't emphasize enough how
important these buildings, these safe spaces filled with heart, and these
librarians are. i would get so emotional when daphne would talk about the kids
at her branch, and the books she’d pick because of them. ahhhh, a reminder to
just show up for your local library, do donations if you are able (time, books,
and money), make sure your library card is updated, just show your appreciation
in every way you’re able to.



> “To me, libraries have always represented the best of humanity. The way we all
> share knowledge and space, and... and how we find ways to look after each
> other. It's not a perfect system, but it's powerful.”


overall, this just had so much to love. actually, as i am typing this i am
considering making this a five star. I’m just not sure if i loved this as much
as beach read, but it is for sure a new favorite emily henry of mine. but miles
is for sure the best love interest she, or maybe any other contemporary author,
has ever written. and i absolutely cannot wait to watch you all fall with both
him, and daphne, and their amazing funny story.

trigger + content warnings: drinking, smoking, a joke about suicide, brief
mention of fetishization (to a side character and in a negative light), parental
abandonment and neglect and and instability in past, child abuse in past,
mention of loss of parents in past (side character), one sentence mention of
cancer (side characters parent), anxiety depiction, and just a story about
people going through a really hard break up that has a little bit of infidelity
vibes (even though no cheating did occur to them)

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♡ Beach Read ★★★★
♡ Happy Place ★★★
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*＊✿❀🌼 3.5 🌼❀✿＊*

once i was able to move past him being a stoner, having a messy bedroom, owning
multiple pairs of crocs, and having a thing for her moaning when she eats food
(often)… i had a pretty decent time.

trust the process, i suppose 🤝🏻

(p.s. dear emily henry, i love your banter so much but please, PLEASE, find a
substitute for the word “chortle” — i beg you.) 🫢

my EH tier list:
1. beach read - 5 stars
2. book lovers - 4 stars (need to re-read & accurately rate)
3. funny story - 3.5 stars
4. happy place- 3 stars
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May 1, 2024
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I’m shocked about the fact that happy place and funny story have the same
author. This book was so much better than what i thought it would be🙈
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Pre-read:
It’s time✨I’m giving miss Emily one last try🤞🏼 i dnf happy place so i hope
this one makes me change my opinion about her books
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April 21, 2024
”For once, I don’t want to be anywhere but in this moment, not thinking about
what it all means or where it might go, and he makes that easy, this sunlit
man.”

Daphne and Miles have one of the most chaotic setups for a romance: they fake a
relationship in order to make their exes jealous after they leave both Daphne
and Miles for each other.. i wasn’t sure how to feel about everything at first
but i grew fond of the characters (especially sweet Miles🥺). i thought the way
the characters and their struggles were written made them feel like actual real
people which i appreciated. Miles struggles with allowing any negative emotions
to show, while Daphne struggles with opening up and letting others into her life
in fear of being left alone. these two had great chemistry and i loved their
banter as well as the quieter moments when they started to truly see and
understand one another.

“You make me want to see the best in everyone. You’re the person I want to be
with when everything’s going wrong, instead of just wanting to skip over those
times entirely.”

another couple things that stood out to me were the side characters—
specifically Miles’ sister Julia and Daphne’s coworker-turned-best friend
Ashleigh who were both fun additions to the book. Funny Story is heavily focused
on the romance and for me, that was a good thing cause i don’t love books that
lean too much into literary fiction like her others. there isn’t any real plot
outside of that though, but it didn’t bother me cause the romance is what i was
reading this for. the only thing keeping it from a higher rating is the third
act breakup (which i almost always despise).. but other than that i really
enjoyed this💙.

➸ many thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the arc, all
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update: july 31st 2023: what kind of title is this mother 🧍‍♀️

when i tell you that i will beg on my knees for this book to come sooner, i mean
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Came for diabolical vengeance and steam but got a boring, watered down therapy
session

The local librarian, Daphne Vincent, is happily engaged to Peter Collins. Until
the eve of his bachelor night when Petey unceremoniously dumps Daphne for his
bestie, Petra. Also, heartbroken is Miles, Petra’s boyfriend. Daphne now needs a
place to stay, and Miles just so happens to have a slot available. To get back
at Peter and Petra, the two decide to “fake date.”

Funny Story had potential for some Jerry Springer like drama. Do not dump
librarians. They read lots of stories and have plenty of material to work with.

Take, for example, our villain, Peter. He is a software person, and say he has a
keylogger program on Daphne’s computer. Daphne creates some very interesting
stories, googles “pregnancy” and “STD testing” and tells Miles how much “better”
he is than Peter. Perhaps Daphne gets drunk, googles “hottest people on
GoodReads” and wakes up with a few more bookish friends. Or she walks by Peter’s
gym, licking an ice cream cone, only she’s too enthusiastic and the ice cream
falls to the concrete sidewalk. She smiles and laughs genuinely while Peter runs
over, offering to buy her another cone, but Daphne lowers her voice and says in
a sultry tone, “No need. I get all the ice cream I need for free,” as she walks
away.

But instead of bad librarian, this book went into some misguided attempt to give
the characters backstory with characters excruciatingly overexplaining their
feelings. The book just plain didn’t bring the fun. Where is our guilty
pleasure?

Just for the record, Anne Elliot is the Jane Austen character that I most relate
to. To pick a character from P&P is just too pedestrian, darling.

Lacking creativity, lame, tame, and too PG. Needs a bit more May Cobb.

*Thanks, NetGalley, for a free copy of this book in exchange for my fair and
unbiased opinion.

How much I spent:
Electronic text – Free/Nada/Zilch through NetGalley provided by publisher

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5 stars ❤︎
⟶ i’ve never been more sad that a book has to end

🩰 “I love you in a way that feels brand-new. You make every single thing that
went wrong feel like it was just a step in the right direction, and it—it makes
me excited. For life to keep surprising me.” 🩰

they’re so “call it what you want” coded <33
I love them so much, it really is true that you find love when you least expect
it bc I’ve been looking for ages and can’t find it petra and peter got the karma
they deserved and that made me very, very satisfied.

🌷 plot 🌷

it’s not a complicated storyline but it’s hard to explain so here I go…

daphne, our fmc, and peter, the biggest dickhead i’ve ever come across, are
engaged. they’re getting married soon, everything seems to be going perfect.
until his bachelor party, where he cheats on her with his girl bsf, petra.

enter miles, who is petra’s bf. they’re dating and.. yeah that’s it. so when
petra moves out to live with peter and daphne is kicked out of the house her and
peter share (EVEN THOUGH HE CHEATED), she goes to live with miles. I hope my
explanation is not too confusing?

they find that they’re complete opposites, but still, it works. and when they
get an invitation to peter and petra’s wedding, they are livid at the audacity.
SO WHAT DO THEY DO?!? fake dating 🤭 and then they start liking eachother and im
sure you can figure out the rest.

🎀 random rant 🎀

i love venting about my crs to my bsf and praying she’ll cave and read them.
when i told her about this book she cackled. she said it sounds like a plot line
from one of her turkish dramas HAHAHA

ANYWAYS.
I have literally been so busy with exams and revision but I still binged this in
3 days which is INSANE for me. but also i’ve been having a lot of anxiety and
waking up in the middle of the night so this helped a lot <33

thank you fadhee, you’re the reason i read this 🌸 she didn’t even force me she
just had to say “you never read my recs so you better start this soon” and i was
already running to download it.

🧸 romance 🧸

the romance was really unique tbh it wasn’t all perfect and about saying the
right thing at the right time. there were imperfections and I enjoyed that. they
started out friends so it wasn’t all lovey dovey straight away. sure, he gave
her his jacket when she was cold, but he kinda threw it at her like a friend
would. and their first fake kiss was kinda a disaster but it got better. I LOVE
IMPERFECTIONS IDK IT MAKES ME SMILE. like they don’t have to love eachother
right from the start but when they became from friends to lovers IT ATEEE

💐 characters 💐

➺ 🍷 miles - he was so different to the other mmcs i’ve read. not like other
boys clearly 😋😋 he wasn’t a grumpy nor a sunshine (okay he was kinda a
sunshine) he was very nonchalant but also caring?? and really, really nice. I
like people who can befriend anyone but sometimes they scare me and that’s who
he was LMAO.

💘He looks, as ever, like human sunshine, totally engaged, completely interested
in this stranger, and it makes my chest pinch. 💘

ngl i had no idea how he does it. im so bad with new people, i rarely speak
around those who I haven’t known at least one month but he was such a natural im
truly envious.

➺ 📚daphne - she was the one I could relate to. she can’t hold up conversations
with strangers either I feel SEEN.

🌺 I am arguably the world’s worst small-talker 🌺

she’s obviously lying, bc I AM THE WORLD’S WORST SMALL TALKER. but like this
made me happy bc im exactly the same. if you know me for a while, I will talk
non-stop until you beg me to shut up. if you’ve known me two days, you probably
won’t hear a peep from me for weeks. that’s just how I work.

🙈 quotes 🙈

➼ He kisses the top of my head like it’s the most natural thing in the world

➼ “I thought about taking a video of myself giving you a lap dance, but I don’t
have anything to mount your phone on, so this was the next best thing.”
“I will happily go back into the woods, find some sticks, and build you a
tripod, Daphne,” he says.

➼ “You been harboring a secret bartender fantasy?” Peter asks dryly. “No,” I say
firmly, turning in to Miles. I loop my own arms around his waist, basically
propping my boobs up on his chest, and gazing into his eyes as I say, “But the
roommate thing is pretty hot.”

➼ Life isn’t a competition, and neither is love, but I’m still the loser.

➼ “You said no one wants you around,” he replies. “What about me?” “What about
you?” I say.
“Me wanting you doesn’t count?” he asks, brows knitted together.

💌 conclusion 💌

this turned me from an emily henry disliker (not her, just the books) to an
emily henry OBSESSER. it’s that good im switching fandoms. go read this if you
want a fun summer read with the most lovable characters ever 💗💗

I hope you enjoyed my review, bc im really tired so I’ll probably be editing it
in the morning. LOVE YOUUU!! 🥹🫶🏼

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i am unwell. ITS OVER AND I WANT MORE
miles and daphne, you will always have my heart 💗

fadhee, this is all your fault. you’re the reason i spent 3 days binging this
and ditching all my school work LMFAO but you’re also the reason i found one of
my new favourite books so i love you <33 5 stars, rtc probably later today 🌸
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A Not So Funny Story with a HEA

Funny Story is a rom-com/drama about a socially awkward librarian named Daphne,
whose fiance Peter leaves her for his best friend Petra. She moves in with
Miles, the ex-boyfriend of Petra. Soon after, she and her roommate pretend to
date to rub it in their relationship in their exes' faces. But when their
feelings become real, Daphne and Miles must come to terms with past demons.

The novel starts with a rom-com flair but quickly shifts to a sad tone. Daphne
has a lot on her plate besides being jilted by her fiance. She also has some
personal and family issues to contend with. Part of her struggles center on
being a socially awkward book nerd (I can relate). She is the sole narrator and
is very likable with a relatable voice. Miles is also very likable and also has
a lot of baggage. The two have strong chemistry. While the romance between
Daphne and Miles plays a significant role, their personal dramas and traumas
also take up a good portion of the novel.

The fake romance trope is one of my least favorites. However, the relationship
fakery between Miles and Daphne is only a small element of the plot, and they
don’t spend much time faking. Through their friendship both characters evolve;
Daphne’s character in the latter half of the novel is vastly different from the
Daphne we meet in the first chapter.

Henry brings the fictional town of Waning Bay, Michigan, to life. There are
beaches, wineries, quirky bars, coffee shops, and my favorite, the library, all
made complete with a cast of lovable and eccentric side characters. The
depiction of Waning Bay was one of my favorite elements of the novel.

Although Funny Story has some rom-com moments, it leans more towards a dramedy
as Henry delves into themes of identity, abandonment, and relationships. I
enjoyed this way more than Happy Place--the characters have substance, the plot
is engrossing, and the romance is swoony. The ending brings the story full
circle.

Thank you to Elisha Katz of Berkley Books for providing a complimentary copy of
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Emily Henry 🤝🏻 using the word chortle instead of laugh

After letting my thoughts sink in for the past 2 days I've settled on rating it
4.5/5 stars! Review to come this afternoon (hopefully lol) 🤍

My reviews/ranking for Emily Henry's books:
Beach Read - 5 stars (My favourite!)
People We Meet on Vacation -4 stars
Book Lovers - 3 stars (I am a hater of this one)
Happy Place - 4 stars
Funny Story - 4.5 stars
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okay, objectively, she was good. this was typical emily henry- great writing,
banter out the wazoo, and GOOD chemistry. like again they had me giggling,
blushing, and kicking my feet the second they were on the page together. this
book is full of the LITTLE THINGS 🥹

…but that’s about all this book gave me. truly it was the romance really driving
this book. every second that they weren’t together was boring as fuck i can’t
lie. there was no plot and that’s NEVER been the case for EH. she WAS a little
more steamy though so i can’t complain too much…👀

it’s good as a general romance book but its extremely forgettable in the emily
henry universe. they stand out the absolute least to me and i can’t say it feels
like a reread book for me…i’ll have to reread it lmao. but like also be
excited!! everyone’s gonna eat it up i genuinely think its a solid ass book its
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There is no doubt that Emily Henry is a fantastic writer. The story and setting
are so easy to fall into that despite giving this a 3 star read, I spent 1 whole
night (like evening up until 2AM) reading this and could not put it down. But
the characters themselves and the plot just did not sit right with me.

Daphne’s schtick is that she made her ex-fiance her entire life, like she did
not have a life outside of her fiancé and what he wanted. And I don’t fault her
for that because life slips away from us if we're not being intentional and I’m
happy she could reflect on her past relationship and see where she’d like to
make changes for the future - go her! BUT the plot of Funny Story follows Daphne
falling head first into her next relationship with Miles. The entire book is
building up to something that happens very, very late into the book, to the
point where it’s almost TOO late. (****SPOILER AHEAD STOP READING !!!**** Daphne
FINALLY comes to her senses about how her actions are literally going against
everything she stands for in her journey to self discovery like 85% into the
book or something ridiculous.) But then once you get to the turning point, it’s
almost SO cheesy and there’s almost no real resolution that the “big
breakthrough” moment feels like a moot point because of how the story ended and
the epilogue.

I loved all the great attributes of Miles but there’s a lot to be said about
these two characters supposedly being over 30 years old. Are we sure? Are we
SURE.

The side characters are of course a great, hilarious addition (Julia is a breath
of fresh air in this book) but they’re very one dimensional. Ashleigh was a good
friend for Daphne, but for all the hoopla Daphne made about wanting to go after
her own desires and build her own life, she literally makes ONE friend at work
and then befriends her kind-of-boyfriend’s sister as her ONE other friend and
then that’s her life?? She feels like she doesn’t need to do any more work to
build a separation between her and Miles after everything that went down with
Peter? The way the last 20% were constructed made me feel like I wasn’t allowed
to make any of my own conclusions, like Daphne was driving the car at full speed
and all of a sudden we were at the epilogue and things were seemingly very
sunshine-happy-ending even though I felt like there was still SO much more to
unpack.

This is all to say. Emily Henry, your writing is good and Happy Place forever
changed me as a person. But Funny Story was a miss for me and I’m giving this a
3 rather than a 2 because it was at least entertaining. But for basically the
entirety of the book I felt myself asking, “Daphne, literally what are you
doing.”

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2/19/24: is it 1am and did I binge read the majority of this in 1 sitting? yeah.
is it a 3 star read that im feeling very so so about?? also yeah. it can be
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NETGALLEY I LOVE YOU 😭😭😭😭😭😭 ARC APPROVED TODAY BEST FEELING EVER WTFFF

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