Some guy in a viking helmet and a furcoat started storming the capitol and I asked myself "WHAT THE F*CK IS GOING ON?" so I grabbed a book from my shelf to get distracted. Soon as I read the first chapters I asked myself "WHAT THE F*CK IS GOING ON?" But this time it was in a good way.
At 23% of this book (I‘ve read it as an eBook) I would have given „Solutions and other problems“ not more than 1-2 stars because I‘ve felt that it was messy and not funny, simply weird. Now, having finished, I later read stories that I got more, understood better and found funny. I started reading thinking that it was supposed to be funny only, because I remember „Hyperbole and a Half“ to be very funny and entertaining. Now I realize that thinking so was a mistake. Yes, „Solutions and other problems“ is funny but it‘s not it‘s sole purpose. It deals with a lot and Allie Brosh tries to make light of a lot of dark situations. I got to see the person behind the book and with that a sense of reality within this colorful chaos that is „Solutions and other problems“.
Not quite as good as the first book imo, but still relatable and hilarious.
I am so sad. Solutions and Other Problems is the biggest disappointment of the year for me bookwise. When I saw that Allie Brosh had a new book coming out I got so excited, because I personally connected with Hyperbole and a Half and was able to emphatize with her. But with the second book I never found a connection and only chuckled a few times.
