![]() ![]() When words are insufficient, her deceptively simple line drawings add additional depth on almost every page, to create a reading experience that adds up to even more than the sum of the parts. Brosh is an evocative writer who bares her foibles and shortcomings, from childhood to her present life, with a lack of vanity and a sense of catharsis that is palpable. Brosh's specificity is what gives her observations universality, and in her inimitable, hilarious style, she arrives at some real truths about human nature, including the inclination to share our lives with dogs in this way. Now her full-colour debut book chronicles the many learning experiences Brosh has endured as a result of her own character flaws. The writer frequently details her relationship with two dogs, each as dysfunctional as herself, whom she must take care of while tending to her own serious mental issues. Even those unfamiliar with trials of such a condition will find this humorous depiction enlightening. But you’ll wish it went on longer, because it’s funny and smart as hell. You will rip through it in three hours, tops. Most pieces deal with Brosh's struggle with depression, an experience rarely expressed so clearly and specifically in other media as it is here. But Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things that Happened, by Allie Brosh, is an honest-to-goodness summer read. Autobiographical cartoonist Allie Brosh impresses with this confessional collection of essays, adapted in part from her popular blog of the same name. Touching, absurd, and darkly comic, Allie Broshs highly anticipated book Hyperbole and a Half. ![]()
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