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

emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

This book was not at all what I thought it would be. On Goodreads the tags for the book call it coming of age, humor and comedy. Maybe it is just me but none of those words would be how I would describe the mood of this book. I would more so deem the mood as sad and tense. Isabel is a high school junior who is very introverted so the only friend she really has is her shitty controlling boyfriend Alex. Isabel also feel like an outcast within her own family. One night Isabel accidentally stumbles into a comedy club and does a stand-up set. After she completes her impromptu set Isabel makes friends with a few other comics in the club. The only problem with that is the other comics are in college. The age dilemma causes Isabel to weave herself into a web of lies. Isabel is using comedy as coping mechanism to find a way out of her life and to try to gain acceptance.  I found this book through a YouTube book channel. I wish I would have researched the content warnings more closely before reading. Side note the plant references throughout the book became annoying after a while.