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A review by ellemaddy
Funny Story by Emily Henry
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
emily henry, stop airing out my trauma like this pls...
Ok after sitting with my thoughts for a couple of weeks now, I think I’m ready to say what I gotta say.
Emily Henry? enough with the characters-going-to-a-small-town-where-they-finally-found-love-and-happiness-forever trope. We see it in beach read, we see it in happy place, we see it in book lovers. Enough. Find another formula.
Because here’s the thing, I know miss girl knows how to write. There’s a reason why I buy her books every year despite being broke as fuck, hoping just for a brief moment to be entertained and to get attached to fictional characters and to fucking cry my eyes out. I love her books, clearly. But I’m starting to get sick of this wholesome cast of characters living in a small town and visiting the local dumpster fire pub that turns out to be kinda offbeat and charming or whatever. If I wanted to read something like that, I’d just go back and pick up beach read or book lovers or people we meet on vacation. And the characters honestly start to blur together. They’re all fucking perfect and wholesome and they’re all going through some form of trauma which is like yass relatable queen, but please.. something else I’m begging you.
And i know that authors have their own ‘trademark’ tropes, right? Like with Ali Hazelwood it’s always some variations of men built like double door fridge and tiny tiny women with big ass fucking brains who work in STEM. But she branches out a little, sometimes, right? We’ve seen it with Bride.
When I read Beach Read and i was like “okay yes i love that, give me a 100 more” i don’t mean that literally. Please please I’m so tired of the ultra white ultra straight stories. And you might say “well, go read somebody else’s books then” but that’s the fucking thing. I love Emily Henry’s writing! She knows how to write relationships and friendships and characters but at the end of the day, after years, I’m now expecting something different. You know what i mean?! This might be a controversial opinion! I don’t know!
At the end of the day I still gave this book a good rating. I still enjoyed it. But I’m feeling a little bored. I’m feeling like I’ve ate too much white bread and now I want something else with ✨flavor✨. How about write a mean character for once? Or some guy with flaming red flag who finally redeems himself through the power of love? Or whatever, idk.
Ok after sitting with my thoughts for a couple of weeks now, I think I’m ready to say what I gotta say.
Emily Henry? enough with the characters-going-to-a-small-town-where-they-finally-found-love-and-happiness-forever trope. We see it in beach read, we see it in happy place, we see it in book lovers. Enough. Find another formula.
Because here’s the thing, I know miss girl knows how to write. There’s a reason why I buy her books every year despite being broke as fuck, hoping just for a brief moment to be entertained and to get attached to fictional characters and to fucking cry my eyes out. I love her books, clearly. But I’m starting to get sick of this wholesome cast of characters living in a small town and visiting the local dumpster fire pub that turns out to be kinda offbeat and charming or whatever. If I wanted to read something like that, I’d just go back and pick up beach read or book lovers or people we meet on vacation. And the characters honestly start to blur together. They’re all fucking perfect and wholesome and they’re all going through some form of trauma which is like yass relatable queen, but please.. something else I’m begging you.
And i know that authors have their own ‘trademark’ tropes, right? Like with Ali Hazelwood it’s always some variations of men built like double door fridge and tiny tiny women with big ass fucking brains who work in STEM. But she branches out a little, sometimes, right? We’ve seen it with Bride.
When I read Beach Read and i was like “okay yes i love that, give me a 100 more” i don’t mean that literally. Please please I’m so tired of the ultra white ultra straight stories. And you might say “well, go read somebody else’s books then” but that’s the fucking thing. I love Emily Henry’s writing! She knows how to write relationships and friendships and characters but at the end of the day, after years, I’m now expecting something different. You know what i mean?! This might be a controversial opinion! I don’t know!
At the end of the day I still gave this book a good rating. I still enjoyed it. But I’m feeling a little bored. I’m feeling like I’ve ate too much white bread and now I want something else with ✨flavor✨. How about write a mean character for once? Or some guy with flaming red flag who finally redeems himself through the power of love? Or whatever, idk.