geniusscientist 's review for:

Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

4.0

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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.