Author: Allie Brosh
Why I Read It: The Under 30 Author square on my #ReadingBingo. Plus I love her blog. Ordered this book in the mail and couldn't wait for it to get here.
First Line: It seems like there should be some sort of introduction to this.
First Impression: Yay! It's here!
Last Impression: Hmm....a lot of this was already on her blog. And it loses its edge in the printed form. Sad day.
Ratings
Overall – 4 Heart Skipped a Beat Turns out, her work doesn't translate all that well to the printed page. If this was a rating on her blog, 5. A rating on how funny she is, 6. But as a book, it just didn't hit all the right notes. Pacing is so important in humor and seeing the hilariously awesome images before she's fully built up why they are hilariously awesome kills the moment.
Characters – 5 The dogs are the best characters ever, especially the Simple Dog. And the Alot is grammar joke gold.
Story – 3 Repeated content from much of her blog. Great stuff, just not new.
Narration – 5 She builds stories so very, very well. Comedic genius.
Read Again? Yeah. Mostly the dog ones.
Tell Others to Read? The book? No. The blog? Abso-frickin-lutely.
Excerpt: I can't. The images are mandatory in this situation. Thankfully, many excerpts (and really most of the book content) can be found here: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/
