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4.26 AVERAGE
4.26 AVERAGE
Maybe a 6 year old might get it.. I didn’t make it past the free sample.. I’ve no idea what it is doing in the humour section
You will run the full gamut of emotions while reading this gem. Allie Brosh has Been Through Some Shit over the past 7 years, and her chapters bounce between grappling with that and telling laugh-until-you-gasp stories about her childhood. May she write many more.
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
I have never laughed so hard I cried, then cry-cried, then laughed so hard that I cried and my boyfriend couldn’t tell if I was okay or not. This is my favourite thing.
I was definitely laughing til I cried at one story, I think the one about the dog (the one that looks like a carpet, I can't remember what she calls him). Which is also a pretty sad story! Allie is great at talking about really sad things (and oh jeez, what terrible things this poor woman has gone through since last we heard from her!) in a way that points out how absurd and possibly-hilarious it all is. She's a very likeable person, even as she's constantly describing to us her many flaws as a human being -- but we all have the same flaws, I think, in varying degrees.
I don't think she'll ever be able to totally recapture the magic of the original webcomics, but that's okay, I don't think that was ever really possible. She's great, and still funny and ridiculous (her Plan (she always has a Plan) to train herself not to feel fear anymore is . . . ridiculous. And yet relatable). Team Allie always and forever.
I don't think she'll ever be able to totally recapture the magic of the original webcomics, but that's okay, I don't think that was ever really possible. She's great, and still funny and ridiculous (her Plan (she always has a Plan) to train herself not to feel fear anymore is . . . ridiculous. And yet relatable). Team Allie always and forever.
I love it. I love how weird she is. Because that means it's okay that I'm weird, too. And the thoughts in my head aren't the absolute weirdest thoughts ever, because I might not be able to compete with Allie's thoughts. I loved the weirdness in this book and I loved the hardness in this book, too.
Have you ever seen something you like so much, and identify with so much and want to keep that feeling with you always so you think you should get it literally tattooed on your body but don't want to do that unless you have the creator's permission and pay them for the images that will permanently on your body until you are cremated some day?
I'm sure many have felt this, I just wanted to say this in the form of a question to convey how impactful the words and images and feelings in this book have been to me.
Have you ever seen something you like so much, and identify with so much and want to keep that feeling with you always so you think you should get it literally tattooed on your body but don't want to do that unless you have the creator's permission and pay them for the images that will permanently on your body until you are cremated some day?
I'm sure many have felt this, I just wanted to say this in the form of a question to convey how impactful the words and images and feelings in this book have been to me.
Very funny, very emotionally gutting, hard recommend
A tougher more sombre read than Hyperbole and a Half for reasons that become obvious when you read the book, but still uproariously funny in parts, as well as thought provoking and somewhat unsettling.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
This book is the author’s way of processing the immense grief she felt after the loss of her sister, her health trauma, and the end of her romantic relationship. My heart hurts for her, and it’s clear that this is very much an open wound.
I appreciate her candor and her wit as always, and there were some stories that had me laughing, like the one about her childhood neighbor Richard, but it was fundamentally a heart wrenching memoir about death and depression that it sounds like the author is still right in the center of. I wish her all the best, and I hope she finds comfort in having shared what she’s going through, that’s an incredible loss even when it isn’t intermingled with everything else she was already going through.
My only regret is that I waited to read this book until I was already down and needed a laugh, because rereading her last book always cheers me up, and this is definitely not that kind of book. I cried through easily half of it.
I appreciate her candor and her wit as always, and there were some stories that had me laughing, like the one about her childhood neighbor Richard, but it was fundamentally a heart wrenching memoir about death and depression that it sounds like the author is still right in the center of. I wish her all the best, and I hope she finds comfort in having shared what she’s going through, that’s an incredible loss even when it isn’t intermingled with everything else she was already going through.
My only regret is that I waited to read this book until I was already down and needed a laugh, because rereading her last book always cheers me up, and this is definitely not that kind of book. I cried through easily half of it.