Funny Story

Interestingly enough (for me) this was only the second or third ever romance book I read in my entire life (not counting one book I DNFed). Kinda crazy.

I really, really enjoyed Funny Story. I wasn't sure I'd like it, or I thought I would like it okay, at best. But I loved it. The characters are interesting and relatively well-fleshed out, the story has a good pacing, and the writing is good.

I was initially unsure about Miles because of his apparently always chill nature, but that was actually explained and explored in reasonable depth. Also not a fan of the whole "everyone adores Miles" thing but oh well. I kind of wish there was a bit more exploration of his tendency to panic and run, rather than just one occurrence. Daphne was explored more, which makes sense, and I think the author did a good job showing the gradual establishing of connections, finding a community in a new place and growing to call it "home" over the course of several months. Her decision to stay felt well motivated and not just because of a guy.

The communication between characters was pretty good, except for that one part, I guess. I'm still wondering why the heck Miles didn't tell her what he actually went to do instead of just mentioning Petra and letting Daphne fill in the blanks, in the wrong way. That was indeed a bit frustrating but communication isn't always perfect, so I guess it's fine and thankfully it wasn't dragged out endlessly.

I loved Ashleigh and her friendship with Daphne - I appreciated how it wasn't perfect at all, but very honest and genuine.

Also, Peter is the absolute worst.