After loving all of Emily Henry’s previous books, I was eagerly anticipating Funny Story. The first chapter sets the story up brilliantly and I couldn’t wait to see how the story unfolded! As always with Emily’s books, there was a great cast of characters who we got to know and love (or heavily dislike!), none of whom were “perfect”. What I particularly like about how she writes characters is that there is always a heart-warming and/or relatable element to them which endears you to the likeable characters. Another thing I like is that she delves into the psychology of the characters well, making it feel detailed enough and without excusing anyone’s behaviour.  That being said, I was left a little disappointed with this book after loving the others. I wouldn’t say this is her best book. There were some lazy errors in terms of typos/grammatical errors and, sadly, her sex scenes have become very formulaic, with the same things happening in the same way each time the two main characters get together for the first time. That really took the shine off the book for me after a very tantalising will they/won’t they anticipation that she had built up nicely. The ending also felt a bit rushed, like things simply had to be tied up with a “happy ending” bow after a storyline with such complex notes.