Can I just start out by saying I was dissapointed in this book. I have only read one Hornby book and that was years ( 10+) ago (How to be Good), but I had high hopes because I loved the adaptations of High Fidelity and About a Boy (one day I will get around to reading them). But Funny Girl really never got rolling.
Barbara is obsessed with Lucille Ball and dreams of getting out of her small town and being famous for making people laugh. She stumbles into TV and becomes a success. That is the premise of the story. We follow her and the writing gang as the show progresses.
Barbara/Sophie (which I never felt suited her) is a very flat character. Other than being told she wants to be funny there is very little to understand her choices. Hornby did not get the girl right in this book. The rest of the characters are all men. I found I cared about the writing duo, but had a hard time keeping their names straight. Would have liked more about their shared trouble and how each dealt with it.
The book was easy to read, but not very interesting. I would not recommend it.
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