Hyperbole and a Half

So Allie Brosh makes me very jealous.

I've followed the Hyperbole and a Half blog for a long time, and in that time I have become very jealous of her ability to make me start heaving with uncontrollable laugh-sobs about two paragraphs in to any of her childhood stories. So, I was very excited when she announced her book deal. My sister got me the book for Christmas (read: I received the book yesterday) and I pretty much dropped everything to read it. The story contains some of her best works from the blog including the trials of Simple Dog and Helper Dog as well as tons of brand new material. My only sadness was it does not include “How a Fish Almost Destroyed My Childhood.” Thankfully, that story is still available on the internet. If you aren't familiar with Brosh's work, you should probably read that one right here

The book recounts some of the family legends of her childhood, her battle with identity to which I think everyone can relate, and her struggle with depression which everyone who has been depressed or has someone in their life who is depressed ought to read. I really just can't recommend the book enough. Read it.