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Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

37 reviews

rsngphoenix's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

2.5

I wasn't expecting to feel so depressed while reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Suicide

nixieba25f's review

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, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, and Death

dytiscusfriend's review

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, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, and Drug use

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

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

seawarrior's review

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, and Drug use

readandfindout's review

emotional funny reflective

4.25

Art: 4 stars
Style/writing: 5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Knowledge/content: 3.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide, Animal death, Drug use, Death, and Grief

nemaria's review

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, and Mental illness

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

 📚 I've so missed Brosh's ability to draw out the absurd in everyday, mundane situations.
📚 Her drawings are just as goofy and giggle-inducing as ever.
📚 She's also able to turn on a dime and transform a silly childhood anecdote into an exploration of mortality and love.
📚 Unfortunately, a lot of the chapters seemed to tail off with no real conclusions, I felt like a lot of them needed one more page to wrap up the thought. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, and Suicide

ldandridge's review

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

5.0

I was so excited when I happened to see this on the shelf (at a grocery store of all places). It is definitely more serious in tone and overall content than Hyperbole and a Half. I really appreciate Allie Brosh’s candid and honest approach to writing/drawing about her mental health, and thought that this book was a beautiful sophomore release from her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, and Death

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

readingpenguin's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.75

For fans of Hyperbole and a Half comes this better late than never follow up, with seven years of thoughtful and random musings.

Some themes include:

Childhood memories
Mental health
Death and grief
Serious health issues
Starting over and dealing with life changes
Pets and animals

Perhaps not as funny as Brosh's first book, but still worth a read for fans of comic style memoirs and musings. As my list of themes probably reveals, there are some serious and deeply emotional things being grappled with on these pages, and I found those pieces raw, intimate, and touching to read. If that's not your thing, not to worry, plenty of pages also did make me smile and one story in particular had me in stitches. I didn't blow my mind, but I do confidently recommend it anyway. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Mental illness