Funny Story

De: Emily Henry

Narrado por: Julia Whelan

#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?

©2024 Emily Henry (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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“This book pulls out all of Henry’s signature stops: sparkling banter, thoughtfully rendered family trauma and a charming community of side characters."—The New York Times

“Emily Henry has made a name for herself as among the hottest romance writers in the game right now.”—People

“Funny Story is Henry’s latest romance—and her steamiest one so far. It’s a mixture of will-they-won’t-they in a way that makes you really want them to. They’re the protagonists in separate love stories who are brought together by heartbreak. Daphne and Miles are characters you can empathize with and root for.”—Associated Press

Loved!

Likable characters, witty banter and so well written. Julia Whelan is my favorite narrator as she really carries the story with all the voices and emotion. I highly recommend this love story that has all the feels.

The best Emily Henry yet!

I absolutely loved this book! The characters felt so real, Julia makes everything easy to listen to and it had the perfect mix of meaningful storyline with just enough spice 🌶️🌶️. Now I’m just sad I don’t have it to read for the first time again!

Love the rom com banter!

I loved the quick witted rom com banter. Several times I laughed out loud! Julia Whelan is one of my favorite narrators!

Julia Whelan always does amazing

Really always enjoy the wit and relatability. Her books are always ones that I run to read!

Love Emily Henry

The characters and story were great. I love how she always has a character that loves books.

New Favorite Emily Henry Book (I think)

This book was very refreshing for Emily Henry’s writing. I feel like most of her books have me sobbing or hating characters for the majority of the book but I only sobbed for like 5 mins of the book. It was beautifully written and I genuinely think it’s perfect (except for the one typo where they called Elda Elsa but that’s understandable). It’s the perfect story and it genuinely is a funny story. I love love love this book and finished it within 36 hours of starting it. The only reason I didn’t finish it in one day was because I had work and school (though I seriously considered not going to work or school in order to finish the book). A fantastic book and fantastic performance. I love how Julia Whelan actually plays into the writing and performs everything how it’s written rather than just reading it. Julia’s delivery of everything is also perfect and makes the book come to life. I love it and I can’t recommend this book enough!!!!

Love funny stories…

I loved everything about this story of Daphne and the people in her life. Yay Emily Henry!

The humor the plot

Everything I listened to this book twice back to back and I never do. I found myself laughing out loud. Interesting and entertaining deep and funny!!

Truly excellent

I am not one that gives everything 5 stars, but this book was really and truly delightful. Perhaps it’s because I really identify with Miles’ particular brand of childhood trauma that affects how you think about yourself, but everything about these characters felt very real. Their decisions made sense within the contexts of what we’d learned about them, which sounds like a low bar to cover, but I am often frustrated by characters making decisions that don’t make sense with what the author has set up. Emily Henry is always good, I loved Book Lovers especially, but this one is the new winner for me. Definitely worth the read.

Heart opening story

A wonderful celebration of love, independence, healing sprinkled with humour. Also beautiful description of upper peninsula of Michigan where the woman has her agency and her love.