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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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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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Jun 18, 2016 gremlinkitten rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: library-loan, humor, comics-and-graphic-novels, mental-incontinence

Yep, I finished this book already. I was only going to read a littler bit, but then couldn't stop. Until I had to when I suddenly realized someone had put anchors on my eyelids when I hadn't noticed. I only had two or three chapters left, so that was a total buzzkill. Even though the first chapter had me giggling like a loon (do loons giggle?), it's not all laughs in Hyperbole and a Half, but has some truths about depression and self. I never caught Allie Brosh's blog when she was updating it, b ...more

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Aug 08, 2023 Ann rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: borrowed-from-library, nonfiction, memoir, biography

A book of illustrated essays (I guess, or maybe just recollections). I was most affected by the descriptions of how depression took over her life for a period of time. I am also struck by how clearly she seems to remember episodes from her childhood, like the one with her grandfather's birthday cake.

I least enjoyed the stories about the dogs. The way they are described, these animals have no redeeming qualities, and there is never any hint of a ray of hope like, "but then Simple Dog does this e ...more

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Jun 21, 2018 Ana rated it it was amazing

Shelves: non-fiction, women-list, library, memoirs, comedy, humor, read-harder-challenge-2018

I've followed Ms. Brosh's work for years now, but somehow never managed to read this book.

It. is. amazing.

She is funny, and silly, and wise, and did i mention amazing already?

And she speaks about mental illness in such a great way. If you know someone with a mental illness - and if you know me IRL, you already do ;) - read this if you want to understand a bit more what it's like for those who suffer from them.

From stories about cake obsessions, to homicidal dogs, to the depths of despair and ba ...more

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Mar 14, 2014 Juliezs rated it it was amazing

Shelves: to-re-read, read-in-2014

Truly laugh out loud funny, also cry noisily and conspicuously moving. So maybe not the best book to read out in public. but I couldn't stop because it is so viscerally engaging. instantly accessible, it makes you care about the author who writes with a relentless openness even better than her blog, which I didn't think was possible. recommended for people with depression, or those who'd like to understand more about it ...more

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