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A review by alongreader
The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh by Helen Rutter
4.0
This is the funniest book that made me cry into my pillow that I've read recently.
I've been reading some fantastic funny books lately. This one is right at the top of the pile. It can also be marketed to fans of Wonder, as it covers a serious real life problem. About one in a hundred people will have a serious stutter for some part of their life, so we're all likely to meet someone with one eventually. Billy's story gives some tips for us as well; I used to try to help to finish sentences, thinking I was being helpful - for instance if they were pointing at something and trying to say the name, I might have said it to help them - but I will definitely stop and wait for them to speak in future.
It's genuinely funny, too. A lot of books about child comics depend on body humour, but Billy's comments and jokes are brilliant. I really enjoyed reading his jokes, the ones at the head of each chapter as well as his routines scattered throughout.
I also cried like a baby at one point, but I won't go into that further. It's very well handled and appropriate for readers.
I'd love to see this as a class novel. There's so much to explore and unpick here. Just brilliant.
I've been reading some fantastic funny books lately. This one is right at the top of the pile. It can also be marketed to fans of Wonder, as it covers a serious real life problem. About one in a hundred people will have a serious stutter for some part of their life, so we're all likely to meet someone with one eventually. Billy's story gives some tips for us as well; I used to try to help to finish sentences, thinking I was being helpful - for instance if they were pointing at something and trying to say the name, I might have said it to help them - but I will definitely stop and wait for them to speak in future.
It's genuinely funny, too. A lot of books about child comics depend on body humour, but Billy's comments and jokes are brilliant. I really enjoyed reading his jokes, the ones at the head of each chapter as well as his routines scattered throughout.
I also cried like a baby at one point, but I won't go into that further. It's very well handled and appropriate for readers.
I'd love to see this as a class novel. There's so much to explore and unpick here. Just brilliant.