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Oct 14, 2020Chapel_Hill_RobynW rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I adore Allie Brosh. Her original work and ability to talk about the things that you only feel and can't put into words are renowned, and her first book, Hyperbole and a Half is the only book I have ever read where I was banned for reading it around the people as I couldn't stop laughing at it (her story about giving her dog an IQ test might be one of the best things I have ever read). I was concerned once the blog stopped updating, and then when the Facebook page went silent I wondered if she was okay. When I finally heard she was releasing a new book, I couldn't believe it. Solutions and other Problems is not as funny as her first book, and that's okay. It is still hilarious, just not as zany. The reason it is not as funny as her first book is because she is now an entirely different person since then (aren't we all?), and this book reflects that. She has had more devastating experiences over the last few years than many do in a lifetime, and she touches on many more themes than she did last time; divorce, loss, and mental well being three of them. The chapter on her sister devastated me, and I found her descriptions of how the world changes after life-altering events to be some of the most moving and meaningful I have read. That being said, many of the chapters are hysterical, but don't read it thinking it is Hyperbole; part 2.