Hyperbole and Half

SUBJECT: 4/5
WRITING STYLE: 3/5

SKETCHING STYLE: LOLzCANDIDNESS: 4/5
ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5

  Allie Brosh is a blogger, whose blog is a tremendous success. She is witty, funny and sometimes makes a point that is so uncomfortable that you want to go hide in a dark room. I was skeptical about buying this book for two reasons:

1.Why do I need to buy a book with stick figures as illustrations? Am I a child? 

2. Most of the illustrative authors talk about dogs or cats and that get tiring after a point.

Somehow, I relented at last and wanted to see what the fuss is all about. The book starts with her dedications, It goes " For Scott, What now? fucker" that confirmed my  previous opinion on this book ( That's it! This book is going to be shallow and superfluous).  She talks a bit about her childhood in a funny way with really cool sketches. I was really skeptical remember? now I notice my opinion wavering just a bit and wanted to get back to resolutely hate for no reason( Cussing in books?I mean come on. It's blasphemous!!!) The next couple of chapters are about her dogs and funny experiences with them ( rolling my eyes.. What did I tell you about Illustrative authors?) 

     After few chapters she writes about her depression in a funny way. It is funny, because it's true. When you are depressed, every optimistic idea people offer to you feels repulsive. There is one analogy which accurately depicts how depression is..

 Imagine your feelings are fish, and they are dead and everyone who tries to console you says 

" search you find them". 

"No, but they are dead " is what you want to scream. 

 " they might come back to you". No, they are dead. 

 Yoga! Positivity! Sunrise!chocolates!  Nope, everything is repulsive and you feel like you are walking in a barren land that has no end.

Now, that got me hooked. This girl is not so shallow after all ( I know , I am judgemental)

And there are couple of funny chapters about her and her dogs.

Final punch is about Identity and Impulses, which I don't want to spoil it for you because it's freakishly deep and identifiable. I identified with her. I started the book thinking that I would sell the book immediately after reading it or worse returning it on Amazon if it's possible, and yet I am keeping it. Because it's that good. 

Do I recommend it? Yes! of course! 

P.S: I still have to edit the post :P