A review by snowbenton
I Funny by Chris Grabenstein, James Patterson

1.0

The premise is that Jamie Grimm is a middle schooler (I think) in a wheelchair being raised by his aunt and uncle, and he wants to be a comic. But instead of humor, the first word I can say about this book is "mean." Jamie is frequently beaten by his cousin/adopted brother, his bedroom is literally the garage, the title of the book comes from Jamie's mocking a Russian man who tells Jamie "you funny" because he doesn't speak English very well, and Jamie wins a comedy contest by making fun of the people who love him. Jamie was unlikable, his jokes were terrible, and his interactions with girls were cringe-inducingly sexist. I think if this book had been any more cliche, awful, or sexist it literally would have exploded in my hands from the force of my rage.