Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

69 reviews

biblizo's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Suicide, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

madmilliner's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

5.0

This is a book about immense tragedy,  and it's hilarious. It made me really uncomfortable while being an absolute vacation.  No idea how Allie does it, and she does it well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Body horror, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

melaniereadsbooks's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

Allie Brosh does it again with another completely relatable and uproariously funny graphic memoir! Told in short stories, this book has everything from stories of hilarious 3 year old hijinks to the ways we deal with mental illness. I absolutely loved this book and thought it was even better than the first one. I will definitely keep looking out for more work by Brosh. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Animal death, Death, and Grief

logsbooklog's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective

4.5

7 years after the hilarious and poignant Hyperbole And A Half, Allie Brosh returns with a fresh sequel that proves her humor holds up to this day. The book is at times deeply personal and at other times incredibly general, but it never stops the perfect tone of uncaring optimism. Even in the face of some truly depressing life events, the message always remains ‘Nothing matters, so do what makes you happy’. It’s a message that lands even better now than it did 7 years ago, and this story collection handles it in an even more nuanced way than the already nuanced predecessor.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Mental illness, and Death

kodi_rae's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I didn’t find this quite as funny and charming as the first but I think that’s ok. To me, it seemed to have many more sad, tender moments. I appreciated Brosh’s vulnerability even while still reframed in some ways through her signature humor.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Ableism, and Death

anoldharmonica's review

emotional funny medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide

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: Grief and Mental illness

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

marrowe's review

emotional funny sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

caramiaculpa's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Suicide