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crystalstarrlight's review against another edition
5.0
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2020 sucked.
Like mega-sucked.
Like all that quarantine shit triggered my childhood and teenaged memories of being isolated and lonely and depressed and just dreaming of the day I was an adult and on my own and able to do things like go to the grocery store and be with people.
And then there was 2020. 2020 recreated 1992 - 2009 for me, and suddenly, I was a teenager again, doing homework in my sweats lying on my bed, wondering what friends were like, building LEGOs and Lincoln Log and Tinker Toy houses with my sibling and pondering what telescope I would buy when I had the disposable income.
2020 broke me, friends. Allie Brosh understands that.
2020 sucked.
Like mega-sucked.
Like all that quarantine shit triggered my childhood and teenaged memories of being isolated and lonely and depressed and just dreaming of the day I was an adult and on my own and able to do things like go to the grocery store and be with people.
And then there was 2020. 2020 recreated 1992 - 2009 for me, and suddenly, I was a teenager again, doing homework in my sweats lying on my bed, wondering what friends were like, building LEGOs and Lincoln Log and Tinker Toy houses with my sibling and pondering what telescope I would buy when I had the disposable income.
2020 broke me, friends. Allie Brosh understands that.
ashction's review against another edition
4.0
I didn't love this quite as much as Hyperbole and a Half, but I also found H&AH in a time when I needed it, which makes me think I'm just a bit biased on that front. Overall, tons of great moments in here for laughter and deep, uncomfortable contemplation about life.
ebbie_casuallereading's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
4.5
Another banger, which made me cry, laugh, and reflect on how to further implement my "goblin/unserious" mode this year.
The stick punishment has been placed in my back pocket as a good example for a silly vengeance.
The stick punishment has been placed in my back pocket as a good example for a silly vengeance.
elecowq's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
slow-paced
5.0
bronski's review against another edition
Heartbreaking yet hilarious. Worth the wait!
blicksam's review against another edition
5.0
I laughed out loud multiple times while reading this. Her imagination is immense and powerful, and she spins stories that are painfully, wonderfully relatable.
threegoodrats's review against another edition
4.0
Pretty heavy and sad compared to the first one, but still funny and relatable.
trin's review against another edition
5.0
I tried I tried I tried to pace out the reading of this, to savor it, but two days was the best I could do.
However, that's okay. There's so much here that I know I will be revisiting. Some chapters are so funny I was nearly crying. Others are so sad that I'm still sitting with the weight of them. Brosh writes about death, isolation, loneliness, pointlessness. This is, somehow, a very 2020 book, despite being seven years in the making.
I said in my review for a 2019 reread of Hyperbole and a Half that I just hoped Brosh was out there, that she was okay. Well, it turns out she wasn't always okay, but she kept going. She kept creating and what she's made is wonderful. I know I will be coming back to this book a lot as the year grinds on.
However, that's okay. There's so much here that I know I will be revisiting. Some chapters are so funny I was nearly crying. Others are so sad that I'm still sitting with the weight of them. Brosh writes about death, isolation, loneliness, pointlessness. This is, somehow, a very 2020 book, despite being seven years in the making.
I said in my review for a 2019 reread of Hyperbole and a Half that I just hoped Brosh was out there, that she was okay. Well, it turns out she wasn't always okay, but she kept going. She kept creating and what she's made is wonderful. I know I will be coming back to this book a lot as the year grinds on.