Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. 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.īrosh’s debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. Oh, and the dog stuff is really great too.“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.Įvery time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices. I will definitely be returning to this book over and over again, because it’s smart and funny and true. I can’t say I envy Allie Brosh, because I don’t. But rationality isn’t one of my strong suits.īut even when I was raging (internally, of course), I was laughing (internally and externally). And now if I ever say anything about this stuff, it’ll all be derivative because she got there first.

But she’s making money off of these horrible thoughts and feelings because she can make these funny pictures, and I’m stuck here wallowing in my bullshit with no outlet. Part of me was very angry reading these, because part of me was thinking – I’m just like that. Some of the stories hit almost too close to home, especially Identity Part One and Identity Part Two. I know I don’t like admitting to it, even though I’ve had my own struggles with it as well. Kind of a greatest hits album, with a few b-sides and other stuff.ĭepression is a lot more common than anyone wants to admit. The book is made up of material that was already on the blog of the same name, along with some new stuff as well. Everyone also has probably heard about Allie Brosh’s struggles with depression, a lot of which were happening when this book was in production (from what I can tell, at least). Everyone has probably read this by now, but I’ve always been really good at being late to the party. Can’t even tell you how excited I was when I opened the box. I got this and Yes, Chef from my Cannonball book elf, Jeena Livance Lim.

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