This book was good but also really weird. I really liked this book. The character development and plot were amazing. The showcasing of the American black struggle was very good. I think that the audiobook I got as an ALC through Netgalley really helped bring the story to life for me in a way that I don't think it would if I were reading it physically. This book is told in an almost lyrical way in my opinion which leads the audiobook to be a good support to the physical book reading experience. I liked the characters and the LGBTQIA+ themes/relationships. I felt like they were authentic enough for the story to still work for me as a whole I can also acknowledge that it may not work for some, especially people more into the community than my bisexual person is but it still showed an experience and a story that really was truly lovely to read about.

I do think that this book did match parts of the blurb where it talks about Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld because it really does give off similar aspects of plot and vibes. It's very much in the vein of friendships and late-night comedy. I love late-night comedy, so I loved those aspects being shown. It had a slight romance subplot which I loved a lot due to my need for something less romancey but still having some romance in it. I did think that the portrayals of comics and the culture of comedy were accurate to an extent. I do love shows like Saturday Night Live and this fictional show definitely gave off similar vibes which I enjoyed thoroughly. This book did not have enough romance subplots for me, I needed to see the romance more and less meddling mom/boss situation, it got too messy and family drama sometimes for me, otherwise it was great.