Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

12 reviews

stgts's review

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely just devoured this about eight hours, and my sister who has never read Allie Brosh before immediately called dibs. The chapters on depression from Hyperbole and a Half are still deeply moving and iconic and express some really difficult concepts with ease, but the breadth of expression of emotions and a sense of time and place in this is astonishing. This book contains a long, sweet, sad montage of Allie's relationship with her late sister, and then also a series of snapshots about her sister's childhood torture competition with her best friend. The problems of people being complex and inexplicable little weirdos are good problems, actually.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death

This book deals with the author's mental health, including suicidality. Her sister's death is a focus of one chapter, and a recurring theme in others, and the book makes reference to wanting to describe graphic imaginings about that death, without going into detail.

rachaelbunny's review

emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Animal death

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