A review by thelibraryofminds
This Will Be Funny Someday by Katie Henry

5.0

Oh man, I loved, loved, love this. I read it all mostly in one day because I could not put it down.

Basically, a high school girl finds her way into stand up comedy, and new friends (while accidentally pretending she’s in college), while trying to deal with her controlling boyfriend and issues with her family.

There’s so, so much to love here-there’s the fact that it genuinely funny, there’s how it deals with emotional abuse and the things we say that are not helpful (just leave; you should know better), there’s how it deals with the deep desire to be liked, how to find your voice, how to find who you are, and more.

I also loved how it resolved the conflict with her mom? In so many cases it would be okay, your mom needs to work less, but this found a way to let her mom be a whole person with her own life, while realizing she needs to connect to her daughter more, and that’s important. Also, I liked that this was complicated. Izzy has to learn about other people and how her actions affect them while also learning to stand up for herself.

I just; I really loved this. Truly funny and good and warm and hard to read at parts, and also good at exploring privilege without being preachy and there’s a lot here and it’s just good, so you should read it. #thiswillbefunnysomeday #katiehenry