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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
this hit me WAY harder than i ever expected and in ways i needed right now. never thought i'd feel so seen by a 16 year old femme straight girl stand-up comic BUT HERE WE ARE.
emotional
funny
medium-paced
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Good fucking god this book
I mainly picked it up because it was about stand up comedy, and the joke on the back cover made me laugh, and now i feel like i need to sit in this spot and feel my feelings and think my thoughts for an hour. Oh, also, it’s 1 am, i have yoga at 9:30 tomorrow, and i was supposed to go to bed two hours ago, but every time i made it to a “stopping point” i said five more minutes and turned the page.
Okay, feelings sufficiently communicated, here’s some actual information about the book:
This Will Be Funny Someday is about a sixteen year old girl who feels like she doesnt have a voice discovering stand up comedy. It’s also a deeply moving story about an abusive relationship, and what it takes to get out of that. And those two halves of the story fit so perfectly with each other, work so well with & against each other, that i had several moments of intense professional jealousy as a writer. And the jokes are funny! (The ones that are supposed to be, anyway, any sixteen year old who stumbles into stand up comedy is set to bomb, and this book is realistic about that. which i appreciated—the main character doesnt have a magic talent for stand up comedy, but she works at it, and she has friends who help her, and she gets better)
anyway, i have to feel my feelings & then go to bed, and then probably check out everything katie henry’s ever written
I mainly picked it up because it was about stand up comedy, and the joke on the back cover made me laugh, and now i feel like i need to sit in this spot and feel my feelings and think my thoughts for an hour. Oh, also, it’s 1 am, i have yoga at 9:30 tomorrow, and i was supposed to go to bed two hours ago, but every time i made it to a “stopping point” i said five more minutes and turned the page.
Okay, feelings sufficiently communicated, here’s some actual information about the book:
This Will Be Funny Someday is about a sixteen year old girl who feels like she doesnt have a voice discovering stand up comedy. It’s also a deeply moving story about an abusive relationship, and what it takes to get out of that. And those two halves of the story fit so perfectly with each other, work so well with & against each other, that i had several moments of intense professional jealousy as a writer. And the jokes are funny! (The ones that are supposed to be, anyway, any sixteen year old who stumbles into stand up comedy is set to bomb, and this book is realistic about that. which i appreciated—the main character doesnt have a magic talent for stand up comedy, but she works at it, and she has friends who help her, and she gets better)
anyway, i have to feel my feelings & then go to bed, and then probably check out everything katie henry’s ever written
DNF
1.5/5
Niestety strasznie się wynudziłam przy tej książce, losy główniej bohaterki zupełnie mnie nie zainteresowały. Książka porusza kilka ważnych tematów np. toksyczny związek, problemy z wyrażaniem własnego zdania,więc na pewno niektórym ta lektura się spodoba. Dla mnie jednak jest to historia bardzo schematyczna, "mądre i pouczające" dialogi między bohaterami są wrzucane na siłę, przez co brzmią strasznie sztucznie. Zdecydowanie czytałam sporo o wiele lepszych młodzieżówek.
1.5/5
Niestety strasznie się wynudziłam przy tej książce, losy główniej bohaterki zupełnie mnie nie zainteresowały. Książka porusza kilka ważnych tematów np. toksyczny związek, problemy z wyrażaniem własnego zdania,więc na pewno niektórym ta lektura się spodoba. Dla mnie jednak jest to historia bardzo schematyczna, "mądre i pouczające" dialogi między bohaterami są wrzucane na siłę, przez co brzmią strasznie sztucznie. Zdecydowanie czytałam sporo o wiele lepszych młodzieżówek.
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not so much a coming-of-age as a coming-of-self. I loved the humour and pain and catharsis of watching this character figure out who she is (albeit in the worst ways).
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Listen, I'm a sucker for a girl finding her voice.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes