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emmi_lee's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism
emilyd1123's review against another edition
dark
funny
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Ableism, and Car accident
Moderate: Drug use and Cancer
Minor: Suicide, Animal death, Grief, and Medical content
tracey1981's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Several of the sections of this graphic memoir had me laughing out loud…a LOT! Some were also very moving, and a couple were just ok. I appreciated the range of this book and Brosh’s sense of humour and her descriptions of grief and depression really worked for me. I don’t remember what made Brosh’s previous book only 3 stars for me so I’m not sure if this was just the right time and place for me to read this or if something about this one was better. Regardless, I look forward to more!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Ableism
kodi_rae's review
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
I didn’t find this quite as funny and charming as the first but I think that’s ok. To me, it seemed to have many more sad, tender moments. I appreciated Brosh’s vulnerability even while still reframed in some ways through her signature humor.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Ableism, and Death
okthislooksbad's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
medium-paced
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Minor: Ableism
thefourthvine's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
4.0
I think it's safe to say a lot has happened to Allie Brosh in the seven years everyone I know spent going, "Man, I just hope Allie Brosh is doing well, wherever she is." And this book really peels back the layers on that -- there are funny chapters and heartrending chapters and chapters that talk about truly awful things in small, simple sentences that sit there in your head like a rock.
Basically, this book is a testament to the power of keeping on, even when things are awful, and also on being yourself, no matter how weird and unlikable and unnecessary you find yourself to be. (Yes, it is #relatable.) It's also an oddly -- since it was written over the course of seven years -- relevant book for this year, 2020, in the way it talks about loneliness and rarely leaving your house. I guess you could say Brosh has been in lockdown a lot longer than the rest of us.
I read this in one sitting. I can't say I enjoyed every chapter, largely because this book made me feel things and I very much prefer not feeling things, but I'm glad I read it.
Basically, this book is a testament to the power of keeping on, even when things are awful, and also on being yourself, no matter how weird and unlikable and unnecessary you find yourself to be. (Yes, it is #relatable.) It's also an oddly -- since it was written over the course of seven years -- relevant book for this year, 2020, in the way it talks about loneliness and rarely leaving your house. I guess you could say Brosh has been in lockdown a lot longer than the rest of us.
I read this in one sitting. I can't say I enjoyed every chapter, largely because this book made me feel things and I very much prefer not feeling things, but I'm glad I read it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide and Animal death
Minor: Ableism
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