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

Allie Brosh

Start date: February 5, 2015

Finish date: February 7, 2015

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Discussion leader: Karen

Why we're reading this: Based on Brosh's wildly popular blog, the book is both funny and introspective. Great choice for the grap…more
[close] Based on Brosh's wildly popular blog, the book is both funny and introspective. Great choice for the graphic category.

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Jul 23, 2016 Cari rated it really liked it

Shelves: funny, graphic-novels-comics

4.5, loved this. Hilarity in the vein of Jenny Lawson, but with funny drawings. Highly recommend.

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Mar 09, 2015 Erika rated it it was amazing

Poignant moments of self-loathing. A depiction of depression that makes complete sense to anyone who's been there. Giggle fits galore. This is an excellent read! ...more

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Dec 14, 2013 Joseph rated it liked it · review of another edition

I might have to give this another go with parceling out the parts. The ending and some of the individual parts are excellent, but a few of the middle bits sag.

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Feb 21, 2017 Melanie rated it really liked it

Shelves: weird, humor, graphic-novel, non-fiction

I love Allie Brosh's blog, so of course I found the book hilarious. While she recycled some content that I'd already read, it was fun to see it on the page, and there were some pieces I hadn't seen before. So, so funny and true and sometimes really heartbreakingly real. ...more

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Jan 02, 2014 Molly rated it liked it

Shelves: non-fiction, funny-stuff

If you're familiar with the blog, this will be more of the self-deprecating fun. I mean that in a good way. Some of the stories made me laugh out loud and it was overall entertaining. ...more

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