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4.26 AVERAGE
4.26 AVERAGE
I only read 80% of the book but im counting it cuz that's most of the book and im never going to be able to make myself finish it. I just didn't find it amusing and it's really heavy!
Some parts made me laugh out loud and some parts were very sad. The balance was good, I don't know if I would have been able to finish if the whole book was sad.
I really wanted to love this book as much as I did her first. Although she touched on topics that are heavy, and I did appreciate that, I just wasn't able to connect with this book as much. I continued reading, hoping the next page would bring the magic I experienced in her other book and unfortunately that wasn't the case for me.
"Okay guy...guess what? You don't get to choose bananas anymore."
This is a difficult book to read and to rate. I'm giving it four stars because the first two chapters are the funniest thing I've ever read. Both are "I was a weird kid" stories. The rest of the book is kind of a mess.
This is a difficult book to read and to rate. I'm giving it four stars because the first two chapters are the funniest thing I've ever read. Both are "I was a weird kid" stories. The rest of the book is kind of a mess.
2.5 stars. I enjoyed this book perhaps slightly more than the author's first. Some of the chapters pertaining to her various dogs were truly funny. Overall, though, the topics of the book were just so dark and upsetting I found I couldn't enjoy it. It was almost painful to read in places. Again, this doesn't make it a bad book, just not for me.
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I love Allie Brosh. I think this may just have been a bit too unexpectedly heavy for me this close to the election. Some of it is quite sad, and even the just plain absurd pieces seemed somewhat less hilarious and more poignant than I remember from Hyperbole and a Half. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, but it wasn't quite the pick-me-up I was hoping for right now.
Looking at the ratings, I’m clearly in the minority of not liking this book. I didn’t find it all that funny throughout, but then at the end, she referred to Rudolf as a “tard” and I was pretty shocked. Like this is a newer book? Seriously? ETA: The random humor is just not my style. I read through the other one-star reviews, and most people seemed to not like that the book was sad. Well, her sister died, her marriage ended, and she had cancer, so I feel like it’s OK for her to be a little sad. I actually appreciated those parts, and it was the humor that didn’t hit for me. But then, at the end, when she was said “nosetard,” I was completely over the book. Apparently I’m the only one that has an issue with it because I don’t see any other reviews or anything on Google mentioning it.
I'm going to give this five stars because of course I loved it. It was definitely more challenging than the first book. It was clear she struggled with some of it. But it was deep and honest and absolutely hilarious. I found myself laughing out loud and disturbing my cat while reading this in bed. I had wondered what happened to Allie Brosh in her years of silence, and from her stories I felt like I knew her in a way, so I furvently hope that her future is a little smoother for her.