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

By Allie Brosh

Book Overview

#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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451666179
• ISBN13: 9781451666175
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Very Raw

You may love this book if you are braced and ready to reflect on your own patterns. I love memoirs, and it's not a surprise that some points had me grieving for her but it made it hard for me to read. My review is for the sensitive readers. Take your time! Great graphic novel!

A riot

It’s funny cuz it’s true kinda stuff. Finally bought a copy, blasted through it, my wife is now laughing out loud sitting next to me making me buy another copy to gift her sister. Great read , great gift book

If you liked her comics, you'll love her book.