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4.26 AVERAGE
4.26 AVERAGE
Sorry but I never got the point of this book - obviously I’m not the ‘target audience’. I picked it up because (1) loved the title, (2) NYT recommendation and (3) temporarily get out of history / historical fiction / political science books. Also these illustrated books are clearly not my reading style; I gave a try though, for something different. On the positive side, a few chapters are quite funny (dogs) or poignant (friendship). Even with over 500 pages (softcover), it’s a quick read
This one was truly heavy even at its funniest. Philosophical, absurdist or iconic, choose whichever. People with depression will understand, people with OCD will relate very much. Asocial individuals like myself will empathize. This book is for us weirdos suffering through personality disorders and the tragedies of life.
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Amazingly hilarious and made me think about life and how to be a good friend to myself.
Allie Brosh is such a talented weirdo. She'll make you laugh at loud one page and then hit you right in the feels in the next.
Overall I can say I'm still incredibly impressed by her unique style. The stories, the format and the drawings are mixed together to create her very own magic.
I did not like this volume as much as I liked Hyperbole and a Half. I think it's pretty clear the author has gone through deeply traumatic events. And while in the first one she'd go mix and match with her stories, spreading on paper insightful stories about her depression VS multiply hilarious stories about her childhood and her dogs, in this one I think she did not exactly lift this heaviness from most of her funny stories. You could steel feel how they were painful to her. I think this volume offered something a lot more raw and honest than her first work and made me gain and even better appreciation of her person. I hope we won't have to wait another 7 years for her next book, and I'll definitely never miss any of her books.
Overall I can say I'm still incredibly impressed by her unique style. The stories, the format and the drawings are mixed together to create her very own magic.
I did not like this volume as much as I liked Hyperbole and a Half. I think it's pretty clear the author has gone through deeply traumatic events. And while in the first one she'd go mix and match with her stories, spreading on paper insightful stories about her depression VS multiply hilarious stories about her childhood and her dogs, in this one I think she did not exactly lift this heaviness from most of her funny stories. You could steel feel how they were painful to her. I think this volume offered something a lot more raw and honest than her first work and made me gain and even better appreciation of her person. I hope we won't have to wait another 7 years for her next book, and I'll definitely never miss any of her books.
i really loved this one, there were two chapters that i laughed all the way through (loudly)
Laugh-out-loud funny and deeply heartbreaking, at times simultaneously. Tread carefully through these pages of Allie Brosh's memory.
She’s back!
As to be expected a bit more sad than the first book but still laugh out loud funny at times.
As to be expected a bit more sad than the first book but still laugh out loud funny at times.