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Funny Story
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ A shimmering, joyful novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2024
Named a Must-Read Book of 2024 by TIME ∙ NPR ∙ ELLE ∙ Parade ∙ Woman’s World and more!
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?
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2024
Named a Must-Read Book of 2024 by TIME ∙ NPR ∙ ELLE ∙ Parade ∙ Woman’s World and more!
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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âï¸ 3.5
I think this is a cute little book. It was definitely the lightheartedness I needed after finishing The Women by Kristin Hannah. It was cute and fun and a quick read.
My one complaint would be that I really didnât get to meet any of the other characters, other than the FMC and MMC. It was giving this could be the Michigan Stars Hollow, but felt a bit flat imo giving the other characters life. I still think this book did what I needed it to do so I canât really be mad at it
I think this is a cute little book. It was definitely the lightheartedness I needed after finishing The Women by Kristin Hannah. It was cute and fun and a quick read.
My one complaint would be that I really didnât get to meet any of the other characters, other than the FMC and MMC. It was giving this could be the Michigan Stars Hollow, but felt a bit flat imo giving the other characters life. I still think this book did what I needed it to do so I canât really be mad at it
Is an enjoyable, lighthearted romance that delivers exactly what it sets out to: humor, charm, and a predictable but entertaining love story. It’s fun, it’s easy to read, and it made me laugh—so in that sense, it did its job. But it didn't impress me
The characters were fine. I didn’t dislike them, but I also didn’t feel particularly invested in their happiness. They had their charm, but they felt like standard rom-com leads rather than people I’d remember long after finishing the book. The romance unfolded as expected, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it didn’t leave much of an impact. It was refreshing though that the FL admitted to herself that she wanted the ML as he was and not as a confused rebound with mixed feelings about her ex.
Didn't love the writing style of the dialogue's narration. It felt....lazy, too many "I say", "he says", "she says".
That said, if you’re in the mood for something light and amusing that doesn’t demand much emotional investment, "Funny Story" is a solid choice. It’s not groundbreaking, but it’s an easy, entertaining read. Just don’t expect anything more than the basics of modern romance.
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