A review by rmwh
This Will Be Funny Later by Jenny Pentland, Jenny Pentland

4.0

Engaging, funny, weird, and deeply disturbing. This was a five star book until about a dozen pages to the end when Pentland brushes off her mother’s racist tweet as “perceived” to be racist. Of course a daughter will defend her mother, and I don’t blame her in that respect, but I found her to be so inspirational and “above it all” until that moment. I was disappointed because she constantly proves the adage “just because someone has it worse than you doesn’t mean you’re not suffering” and then finally seems to succumb to the privilege she previously refused to touch. To bill a book this way and share every detail of your life in such a vulnerable manner and then be so blind to excuse racism on a single page… lacks self-awareness. This is a good book, but as it’s intensely personal, the reader should be allowed to rate the book on its merits AND on the personal feelings/anecdotes of the author.