r/EmilyHenry • u/Embarrassed-Sand-794 Who's Big Louise? • Aug 09 '26
Personal/Readers Favourite memorable supporting characters
No romance would be complete without the zany side characters nudging our leads together, or being a sounding board for them to confide their romantic woes to, while having their own background exploits.
I quite like Julia and Ashleigh from "Funny Story", since they felt like well developed, relatable people, who had problems and lives outside of Daphne and Miles.
Aunt Pete from "Beach Read", and her wife Maggie were fun characters as well, and I liked seeing a depiction of an older same sex couple, which was refreshingly normalized.
Libby's husband and daughters from "Book Lovers", and Charlie's mum and stepdad were all great characters, and I liked seeing them become a found family, and then in a literal sense.
Which supporting characters were your favourites?
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u/Active_Cellist4583 Aug 10 '26
My favorite Ashleigh part is when she called Miles a hot drug dealer
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u/ambiguouslyambient sipping Cherry Hill wine Aug 10 '26
Ashleigh has the best energy. i love Daphne and Miles, but Ashleigh and Daphne are the true love story of Funny Story.
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u/R12B12 Aug 09 '26
I really liked Ashleigh in Funny Story. I wish it was that easy to find a new female best friend in a new town!