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Funny Story
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
A shimmering, joyful novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Emily Henry
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?
'One of my favourite authors' Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us
'The master of witty repartee' Daily Mail
'Emily Henry never fails to deliver great banter and a romance to swoon over' Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones and the Six
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- Carole Ann callaghan
- 01-07-24
Perfect Book!
This is the perfect summer read. Miles melts my heart! 😍😍
Emily Henry’s books never disappoint!
Cannot wait for her next book!!
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- Thea
- 26-08-24
Perfect holiday read (listen)
Sweet, romantic story with great characters that are really likeable. Kept visualising it as a RomCom movie! Really well read.
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- Ela
- 27-04-24
I laughed and I cried
Great story, lots of humour but also touched on some childhood trauma and how it impacts adults
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- Bookskee
- 24-04-24
Best Emily Henry yet!
By far my best Emily Henry book!
As always, fantastic narrating by Julia Whelan ❤️
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- @sanzireads
- 26-04-24
An Emily Henry book never fails to make me emotional
Yet another Emily Henry book that hit a little too close to home and made me feel all the emotions. Although this isn’t my favourite book of hers, definitely one of my favourite ways that the fake dating has been done in a book.
The audiobook narration deserves 5 stars. Single narrators have an extremely difficult job in portraying all the characters in a book, particularly the MMC in this case, and on this occasion, the narration was beautifully done.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-04-24
Such a feel good book
Emily henry to me is the queen of feel good / comfort reading.
Funny story was cute, beautiful, sexy at times and again a book about self discovery, friendship and chosen family as much as romantic love.
Well worth it!
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-06-24
A Cutesy Odds Attract Romance
I love the style of writing, it’s what truly made the story. The characters are fleshed out with insightful backgrounds that are explained piece by piece. There’s fake dating, friendship building and personal growth. What I loved is that it was like a coming of age for people in their thirties, this is what hooked me. Finding yourself later in life, the notion that not all love is found instantly and at first.
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- Silje
- 21-07-24
Really well written romcom
I came into this with no expectations at all, and was immediately blown away by the quality of the writing, the humour and the dialogues. Romcoms have a tendency to be very hit or miss for me, some authors just aren't good at writing comedy in a believable way, but this one was really good.
Voice actor was excellent as well.
Will probably listen to this many times.
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- Elle
- 07-05-24
Amazing
Emily Henry AND Julia Whelan ? Couldn't be anything but FIVE STARS!!! Fantastic and moving story, flawed characters and the best narration possible.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-05-24
Her best yet
Legitimately cannot recommend this enough. The way EmHen writes such vivid, realistic, and beautifully flawed characters takes my breath away every time, but this has smashed it out the park. I know some people criticise the ‘I say, he says’ (and there’s a lot of it), but for me, this just lends itself to the feeling of really inhabiting her characters. There’s a reality and closeness that she infuses into Daphne and Miles that doesn’t just involve you, but almost places you in the story with them. Narrated perfectly (as always), Funny Story already takes the top spot of comfort listen. If you need some comfort and catharsis, do yourself a favour and play this novel.
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