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Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Allie Brosh
2013, 384 pages
Non-fiction
It’s difficult to properly describe Hyperbole and a Half. Partially reworked from Allie Brosh’s wildly popular blog of the same name, partially all-new material, this book has the strange power to make you giggle inappropriately no matter how many times you’ve read it. Brosh gives us hilarious anecdotes from her life and life in general, illustrated with purposefully simple drawings. Top stories like “The Simple Dog” and “Dinosaur (The Goose Story)” will leave you in stitches. In what turns out to be the most affecting part of the book, Brosh also relates her struggle with depression in a startlingly accessible way, still in top comedic form as she delivers insight on the disease. A must-read for anyone who’s suffered from depression, knows someone with depression, or anyone that’s ever wondered if their dog is mentally challenged. You’ll laugh, you might cry, but you will definitely enjoy yourself.
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