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4.26 AVERAGE
4.26 AVERAGE
Laughing to sobbing in an instant. Brosh’s storytelling is visceral and hysterical and vulnerable.
This autobiographical collection is both hilarious and heartbreaking. I can’t get enough of strange young Allie! Worth the wait.
Like her first release, Allie just has a knack for having me laughing on almost every page. She also delivers moments of gut-wrenching reality in a combination of somberness and levity that is just so relatable. This book is a true delight from beginning to end and I deeply appreciate Allie for her candor and vulnerability.
3.5-3.75ish. In defense of this book, Hyperbole and a Half was a tough one to follow. There were still some stories in here that made me laugh out loud, and I liked that this one had more emotional stories as well. Just not the same consistency of greatness as her first book. All that said, I will still happily read anything Allie writes after this.
Is this the funniest book I've read since [b:Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened|17571564|Hyperbole and a Half Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened|Allie Brosh|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1409522492l/17571564._SY75_.jpg|24510592]? Yes, probably. The chapter about Richard the neighbour had silent happy/humiliation tears streaming from my eyes.
I didn’t think little simply drawn characters could make me feel so many different and complex emotions. Spent most of this book laughing, but almost came to tears a good amount of times. Absolutely fantastic read.
Didn't hit me the way the original Hyperbole and a Half book did but there were still some great moments. I had no idea she'd been through so much.
I didn’t enjoy this one quite as much as Hyperbole and a Half, but I still wanted to give it 5 stars because Allie’s wit and art are so unique. I struggle with depression and her comics helped me relate better to my family & friends. I haven’t been through the grief and loss she has since publishing her first book, and I don’t think this compilation should be downgraded because I found it less personally relatable. It still made me laugh out loud and tackled difficult concepts with humor and grace.
Strangely addictive. A little depressing, but so is life. A lot of the stories have a "this is too weird to be false" feel.
Some of these stories connected with me better than others, but when they're good, they're very, very good.