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This Will Be Funny Someday by Katie Henry
4.0
tw// emotional abuse
this book did a beautiful job of tying in funny with serious. it was balanced out in that it was both emotional and lighthearted, all at once. i couldn’t help thinking about how fun the research for this book must’ve been - the hours spent researching how to write a joke and watching stand-up comedians, hoping for the spark of inspiration for material. i also really liked the depiction of isabel’s emotionally abusive relationship with alex. i think it may have been my very first time reading about this sort of relationship where it didn’t end in physical abuse. it was serious enough, and dangerous enough, exactly as it was. he didn’t need to put his hands on her in order for it to be an abusive relationship and valid. it was enough that he made her worried that he would. as somebody who has experienced emotional abuse, i enjoyed seeing this aspect brought to the page.
this book did a beautiful job of tying in funny with serious. it was balanced out in that it was both emotional and lighthearted, all at once. i couldn’t help thinking about how fun the research for this book must’ve been - the hours spent researching how to write a joke and watching stand-up comedians, hoping for the spark of inspiration for material. i also really liked the depiction of isabel’s emotionally abusive relationship with alex. i think it may have been my very first time reading about this sort of relationship where it didn’t end in physical abuse. it was serious enough, and dangerous enough, exactly as it was. he didn’t need to put his hands on her in order for it to be an abusive relationship and valid. it was enough that he made her worried that he would. as somebody who has experienced emotional abuse, i enjoyed seeing this aspect brought to the page.