Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

73 reviews

okthislooksbad's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny medium-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Ableism

emilyinherhead's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.5

If you know Allie Brosh, you know. Her art style is quirky and recognizable and perfectly suited to the stories she tells. This collection is very personal, and it swings back and forth between funny and incredibly sad—there were many parts that made me chuckle, but I flat-out sobbed through chapter 10.

Comparing this book to her previous one, Hyperbole and a Half, I'd say that this one has a darker undercurrent. Brosh has lived through some really tough years since Hyperbole was published, and it shows. I'm grateful to her for sharing these experiences—folks with depression and mental health struggles will definitely identify with some of the feelings she describes. (But again I will say: chapter 10 is a hard one, so if you're not in a solid place mentally, maybe wait and revisit that one when you're feeling more stable.)

The one small thing I didn't totally love was the way some of the chapters just seemed to... end. There was no feeling of conclusion, like Brosh wasn't quite sure what the point of the story was or what she wanted to say by sharing it.

But overall, I recommend this graphic memoir, especially if you're already a fan of Allie Brosh and her work. It's one I plan to treasure and revisit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Grief

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

marrowe's review against another edition

emotional funny sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

caramiaculpa's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Suicide

nixieba25f's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

Allie Brosh does it again with another brilliant, funny, and devastatingly relatable book about life as a weirdo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, and Grief

nicolebliss's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide

stromjm's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Medical content

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Death

dytiscusfriend's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Moving and delightful. Always a profound experience to spend some time in Allie Brosh's mind. This book made me feel less alone in my own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Car accident

Her sister died in a train to car collision while she was recovering from a major illness and she describes a surgery in graphic detail. This is only a few pages but it's intense.

cakrolik's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

racheloddment's review against another edition

funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Grief

Moderate: Death