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Some of these stories are a little odd but I love Allie Brosh.

I have reached The Serious Part.

I am no longer LOL-ing.

This is still the book I needed to read.

"But, as long as you aren't dead, you need something to do. And surviving is something to do."

“Let me tell you: whale sonar is a huge surprise when you’re drunk and asleep.”

This is exactly the book I needed to read at the end of this horrible year. LOL-ing my way through far too quickly.

Honestly this book is such a breath of fresh air.

“I didn’t intend for mortality to be such a central theme in this, but sometimes death is what happens, and here we are.”

Sometimes all you can really do is keep moving and hope you end up somewhere that makes sense

I thought I was prepared but I was not. I want to go hug everyone I know. Also some people I don’t know.

I haven't read the author's other book but I was kind of under the assumption that this book was going to be funny. And it started out that way. But the it got pretty serious. I'm still reading it but it's a little slower because I was really hoping for something a little more lighthearted for the end of the year. That's my bad for not doing my research beforehand but this is not a book you'll fly through laughing.

I am crying. It is absurd how unfunny life can be and cruel and random.

"And trying really hard when you don't know what you're doing just happens to be the exact recipe for acting like a fuckin' weirdo."

A wonderful Xmas present to myself. Smiles all around.

The dog stories, thus far, have been spot on.

I am... not connecting to this one. At all. :(

The opening stories were hilarious. Now about to start the serious part of the book.

“Because nobody should have to feel like a pointless little weirdo alone.”

Lololol

Chapter 9 made me laugh so hard, I literally have tears in my eyes.

Ah so this section of the book is like, a whole arc.

“Their relationship was 30% geography projects and 70% the weirdest shit I have ever seen.” This is actually really beautiful and lovely how much love and grief and humor all mix together in this book.

Grief and mortality as guiding themes of the book.
Also you can’t tell because I didnt update my reading until today, I spent about 2 weeks trying to read the first 100 pages. Meanwhile I’ve now read 300 pages in one night.

I wanna talk about formatting and use of visuals to convey meaning and themes, but later. What’s the effect of a more cartoony comic strip vs. hyper-realism?

Damn

OHHHHHHH.

Oh I’m gonna have thoughts about this use of plant and payoff and how that factors in to how I feel about the first 100 pages or so.

I can’t swear to it because I haven’t read her first book in a while but I think Allie’s eye for composition has gotten cooler.

I think the book’s hit its groove. Early chapters felt almost like they were trying too hard, but these chapters all feel more focused and precise.

“Death can take away your friends and pets, but it can’t take away the weird shit they did.” This is oddly comforting.

A bit of a mixed bag for me, to be honest, but Chapter 10 is Allie Brosh at the pinnacle of her graphic narrative power.

I had this book on my to-read shelf for years then removed it a year or two ago because it looked like it’d been canceled or for whatever reason wasn’t gonna happen. And now it’s here and I’m reading it!

Moreover, it highlights mental illness as being crippling. Comments in other reviews and on her website mention that this book was supposed to come out October 2016 and people prepaid for it. To come out four years late? It seems wrong to me.