Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

by Brosh, Allie
ISBN: 9781451666175
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#1 New York Times Bestseller

"Funny and smart as hell" (Bill Gates), Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations.

FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices.

This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, "The God of Cake," "Dogs Don't Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving," and her astonishing, "Adventures in Depression," and "Depression Part Two," which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written.

Brosh's debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. We dare you not to.

FROM THE AUTHOR:
This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative--like maybe someone who isn't me wrote it--but I soon discovered that I'm not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book:

Pictures
Words
Stories about things that happened to me
Stories about things that happened to other people because of me
Eight billion dollars*
Stories about dogs
The secret to eternal happiness*

*These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Brosh, Allie
  • ISBN: 9781451666175
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.25 x 0.80
  • Number Of Pages: 384
  • Publication Year: 2013

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  • Hysterically funny, but also incredibly touching and relatable.

    Caitlin M. - 4 years 2 months ago

    I picked up this book when our store received several copies to display with our "New Bestsellers." Something about the cover- perhaps the hilariously simple yet expressive illustration- drew me in immediately. Brosh lays out her story in such a way that one can't help but feel sympathetic as well as grateful to her for being so absurdly honest. She shares various bits of her life that range from her imaginative early childhood, into her navigation of the adult world. Her illustrations seem kooky and almost crude at first glance, but in fact hold much of the emotion she puts into her story. Whether you are looking for a good (great) laugh (constant guffawing and tears) or a solid memoir, this book is your answer.

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  • An extremely funny compilation of embarrassing stories

    Ahren P. - 4 years 8 months ago

    Allie Brosh ran a blog/webcomic for many years and this book is a compilation of some of her best work! All her stories are taken from her life growing up and from dealing with early adulthood. Her tales of being a young girl wired on sugar and the more recent bits about Simple Dog all made me laugh out loud! The artwork is simple, but intentionally so, and it only adds to the hilarity of the stories.

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  • Funny and Feelings

    Evelyn T. - 5 years 10 months ago

    Hilarious look at life that will make you feel not alone in the world. Allie uses self-deprecating humor and her real life experiences to illustrate (figuratively and literally) universal feelings. Her take on depression is especially poignant. (Her "bad drawing style" will also make you feel better about your own stick people.) Recommended for everyone high school age and up. #RequiredReading

  • everyone needs this!

    Chris J. - 6 years 1 month ago

    If I could purchase this book for literally every human I know, I would. The book is funny, sure, and it's easy enough to see that from the free material on Allie's website. Her drawing style is awesome, her storytelling is hilarious, and her sense of humanity is funny and poignant all at once. There's funny material and stories in here that you haven't seen before and that alone is worth the cost of admission. But what is really special about this book is the raw humanity Allie brings to the page. She talks beautifully about depression in a way that resonates deeply with me. The essays about how she beats herself up for not being a truly good, pure, perfectly-motivated altruistic person hit so close to home for me. She talks about feeling like a terrible human being because she's motivated by selfish reasons like "don't do a bad thing because it will make me a bad person" or "be nice because I want people to like me" or "follow this convention to avoid social consequences". I know those feels--the feeling that everyone else is good but you're a dirty faker because you're doing "good" things for the "wrong" reasons. Reading Allie's words made me feel less alone and a little less hard on myself. This book is good and you will laugh and probably cry.

  • One of the funniest books I've ever read

    Amy H. - 6 years 2 months ago

    In this memoir, Allie Brosh paints a picture-- several pictures, actually-- of her weird childhood obsessions, her simple dog's difficulty with stairs, and that one time a goose got in the house and it was terrifying. It's also a very brutally honest exploration of what it means to have depression. In spite of that (or maybe because of it) it's one of the funniest books I've ever read. Her illustrations made me laugh so hard I cried!

    HPB Staff Review