Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Life in the Present
Liz Climo · 2024
65/100
👎 Skip It
Liz Climo's tenth-anniversary webcomic collection is warm, wholesome, and genuinely charming — gentle animal humor with an incidental mindfulness message that lands without preaching. The problem is that 75 new strips across 112 pages feels thin, 25 strips are reprints fans have already seen, and much of the content is freely available online already. Lovely as a gift for a longtime fan, but not a compelling buy for a general recommendation.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety93
Substance / usefulness64
Craft & writing72
Originality58
Evidence & accuracy76
Hype vs delivers74
Age-fit72
👁 Human-eye gut-check64
Penny’s verdict65
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