I love Allie Brosh’s webcomic turned book Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened. The book is filled with her personal stories that are as insightful as they are funny. Her purposely crude drawing style matches the uneasiness felt in the stories she tells about her life.
Allie Brosh uses humor to talk about the insecurities she experiences in her daily life. Her stories on her bouts with depression were illuminating and I highly recommend reading them for the honest insight she gives. All her stories show her keen observation for the absurdity in life and we get to feel the world through her eyes.
This book is very funny. It’s rare to find a writer who can balance humor and insight so deftly. Many of her drawings became popular memes so many people may be surprised to see where the images origins.
Brosh had originally planned a sequel to the book but unfortunately she canceled the project.
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