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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Some
Contemporary language; some mild strong words
Sexual Content
A lot
Explicit-adjacent romantic content
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
Explicit-adjacent romantic content; Daphne's grief — she planned her whole life around Peter; The small Michigan town — a world Daphne wasn't prepared for; Miles's situation — Petra was his whole world; Social drinking
What this book is about
Daphne Vincent was left by her fiance Peter for his childhood best friend Petra. Miles Nowak was left by Petra for Peter. Daphne ends up renting a room in Miles's house in the small Michigan town where she and Peter were going to start their life. Funny Story is Emily Henry's most recent novel — warmer and funnier than some of her earlier work.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Explicit-adjacent romantic content
Daphne's grief — she planned her whole life around Peter
Miles's situation — Petra was his whole world
A warm, funny tone — the most accessible of Henry's recent novels
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