Allie Brosh is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Solutions and Other Problems and Hyperbole and a Half, which was named the Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Humor Book of the Year. Brosh has also given herself many prestigious awards, including "fanciest horse drawing" and "most likely to succeed." Find out more at HyperboleandaHalf.blogspot.com.
"Brosh is LOL funny...a deranged graphic storyteller without peer.
Alienation is her subject. Spillage is her style...Her animal
stories are superb...Brosh's stories, many drawn from her
childhood, are madcap with a strong tragic undertow."
--The Wall Street Journal
"No one sums up the hilarity, devastation and bizarreness of life
quite like comic artist and blogger Allie Brosh. Her long-awaited
follow-up to Hyperbole and a Half couldn't have come at a better
time than this absurd and awful year. From stories about mystery
poop and a dandelion-fearing child to the struggle for
self-acceptance and the heartbreaking loss of her sister, it's a
road trip through a brilliant and inquisitive mind, driven by
colorful illustrations, sharp wit and refreshing honesty. And if
you're just looking for laughs, Brosh has elevated the funny pet
story to a literal art form."
--NPR
"Through it all, [Brosh] is refreshingly vulnerable and honest. In
trying to overcome her weaknesses, by spending a night alone in the
woods, she reminds us that it's okay not to be okay ... Another
standout from Brosh that is both heartening and heartbreaking."
--Library Journal, Starred Review
"Brosh's storytelling is so distinctive and compelling it's like
suddenly running in to a friend you feared was lost forever . . .
[She] reliably channels the simplicity of a child or the innocence
of an animal and tells raucous, heartbreaking stories that reflect
the hidden parts of us all . . . For Brosh's millions of fans, this
is well worth the wait."
--Kirkus Reviews
"The book an author produces after a wildly popular debut has all
eyes on it. Fear not, Allie Brosh fans: Solutions and Other
Problems is every bit as hilarious and slyly poignant as 2013's
Hyperbole and a Half. Starting with the time she got stuck in a
bucket at age 3, Brosh's autobiographical comics thrust her into a
variety of insane and sometimes heartbreaking scenes. She battles
anxiety, depression, annoying neighbors . . . and somehow, it
cheers you right up."
--People
"Brosh alternates sorrow with levity--funny childhood stories, more
animal tales, and general musings on life and its lack of meaning
or fairness--with grace that feels true to life."
--Booklist
"Gut-busting . . . . Like a millennial James Thurber, Brosh has a
knack for seeding a small, choice detail that snowballs into
existential chaos . . . [Her] spidery and demented digital
portraits, a visual expression of fun-house mirror anxiety, fits
her material perfectly. . . This achingly accurate and consistently
hilarious comic memoir finds Brosh moving forward and becoming a
stronger, braver storyteller page by page."
--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
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