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Funny Story by Emily Henry
5.0
Best Emily Henry book!
-that's me everytime Emily Henry releases a new book since Beach Read.
And yes, in my honest opinion, Funny Story is my top 1 in the Emily Henry universe.
What's funny about this book is how the story started with Daphne revealing that her fiancee, Peter, is calling off the wedding after attending his bachelor's party with his childhood bestfriend, Petra. For me, this is effective because it made me root for Daphne right from the start.
After the breakup, Daphne moved out of their newly-bought house to a shared apartment where Petra's former fiancee, Miles, is living so the setup is that Peter and Petra is off gallivanting about their upcoming wedding while their ex-fiancees Daphne and Miles are living in a cramped apartment starting their life from scratch.
This is an adult romcom and to be honest the writing is superb because you can easily distinguish the romance parts and the funny parts in a way that it is balanced along with a dash of emotional redemption before the novel ended.
Daphne Vincent is a main character that is easy to root for after reading the first few chapters and knowing her experiences in life as an only child of divorced parents, as a student who has to move places to places due to her mother's work, as an adult who wasn't able to secure enough friends, and as a partner who had been dumped days before their wedding.
Daphne is a shy sunshine character who loves books, people, and places even though the only constant fixture in her life is books that's why she ended up being a librarian in Waning Bay library where she resided for good with Peter.
Miles is also a lovable sunshine character who is also a people person. Miles can easily run as a mayor in Waning Bay and he will have a chance to secure the post given how good he is with his connections.
Mix Daphne and Miles in a tiny apartment with their broken hearts and you'll have an epic story that is filled with humor, hope, compassion, and love.
This book is emotional. Aside from the romantic development between Daphne and Miles, we also get to read their improvement as individuals who had terrible childhood experiences - Daphne with her daddy issues and Miles with his lack of parenting figure.
Both Daphne and Miles grew up having this image in their head of what they need to achieve in order to suffice the hole that one (if not both) of their parents left. Yes, this book is for girlies with daddy issues and as someone who grew up with a father that is, most of the time, absent in the family picture, reading about how Daphne and Miles healed from their trauma and released their feelings to each other felt therapeutic.
This book is inspirational. I think one of the underlying themes that is injected in Funny Story is the message about how people can change. And yes, this change or transformation may not be 100% or 360° turnaround but it highlights the possibility that human can change if they start with small steps.
This book is easy to love. Daphne and Miles, as individuals, are lovable already so it's not hard to picture them as a couple who brings the best in each other. Love Daphne Vincent and Miles Nowak.
Overall, this is a masterpiece and I can't wait to reread it again once I have a finished copy. 5stars
-that's me everytime Emily Henry releases a new book since Beach Read.
And yes, in my honest opinion, Funny Story is my top 1 in the Emily Henry universe.
What's funny about this book is how the story started with Daphne revealing that her fiancee, Peter, is calling off the wedding after attending his bachelor's party with his childhood bestfriend, Petra. For me, this is effective because it made me root for Daphne right from the start.
After the breakup, Daphne moved out of their newly-bought house to a shared apartment where Petra's former fiancee, Miles, is living so the setup is that Peter and Petra is off gallivanting about their upcoming wedding while their ex-fiancees Daphne and Miles are living in a cramped apartment starting their life from scratch.
This is an adult romcom and to be honest the writing is superb because you can easily distinguish the romance parts and the funny parts in a way that it is balanced along with a dash of emotional redemption before the novel ended.
Daphne Vincent is a main character that is easy to root for after reading the first few chapters and knowing her experiences in life as an only child of divorced parents, as a student who has to move places to places due to her mother's work, as an adult who wasn't able to secure enough friends, and as a partner who had been dumped days before their wedding.
Daphne is a shy sunshine character who loves books, people, and places even though the only constant fixture in her life is books that's why she ended up being a librarian in Waning Bay library where she resided for good with Peter.
Miles is also a lovable sunshine character who is also a people person. Miles can easily run as a mayor in Waning Bay and he will have a chance to secure the post given how good he is with his connections.
Mix Daphne and Miles in a tiny apartment with their broken hearts and you'll have an epic story that is filled with humor, hope, compassion, and love.
This book is emotional. Aside from the romantic development between Daphne and Miles, we also get to read their improvement as individuals who had terrible childhood experiences - Daphne with her daddy issues and Miles with his lack of parenting figure.
Both Daphne and Miles grew up having this image in their head of what they need to achieve in order to suffice the hole that one (if not both) of their parents left. Yes, this book is for girlies with daddy issues and as someone who grew up with a father that is, most of the time, absent in the family picture, reading about how Daphne and Miles healed from their trauma and released their feelings to each other felt therapeutic.
This book is inspirational. I think one of the underlying themes that is injected in Funny Story is the message about how people can change. And yes, this change or transformation may not be 100% or 360° turnaround but it highlights the possibility that human can change if they start with small steps.
This book is easy to love. Daphne and Miles, as individuals, are lovable already so it's not hard to picture them as a couple who brings the best in each other. Love Daphne Vincent and Miles Nowak.
Overall, this is a masterpiece and I can't wait to reread it again once I have a finished copy. 5stars