Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

8 reviews

alizirrah's review

emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Death, and Mental illness

Minor: Excrement

aardwyrm's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

5.0

Allie Brosh is the voice of my generation. That's maybe not great for us, but there's no one better suited.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Excrement, and Medical content

nmcannon's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

After witnessing the scrapped raw humor of Hyperbole and a Half, I was curious where Brosh would go with this sequel memoir. Also: a library shelf was left unattended in my vicinity. 

Like its predecessor, Solutions and Other Problems is a collection of comics. The memoir has no plot per se: only a journey. It took me a bit to figure out where Brosh was going. Hyperbole’s intense exposure and authorial vulnerability carries over this sequel. At first, these stories seemed like lone fragments with little connection. Then came the chapter where Brosh discusses her younger sister’s sudden, violent death and I went oh.

I have a brother. He is not dead. But, my God, I cannot imagine any greater, utter shattering of the self than the loss of him. I cannot imagine ever again feeling the earth’s spin the same way. Each of Brosh’s chapters were spokes on the crushing wheel of grief, and the central hub was the gaping wound of her sister’s absence. Stack that on top of Brosh’s own health problems, the pandemic, the 2016 USA Election, and damn. It’s a wonder Brosh can get out of bed. 

Solutions and Other Problems is funny—but the humor is bleak. Nihilism threads itself through each piece. Brosh’s “nothing matters, life’s not fair, and everything’s absurd, so we might as well have fun” philosophy seems to get her through the day, so kudos to her. Thankfully, the book ends on a hopeful note and urges the reader to befriend oneself in all one’s weird glory.

Overall, I’d recommend this comic to adults who need someone to be with them in a dark place. Check the content warnings, and best of luck out there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Chronic illness, Excrement, Stalking, Grief, Mental illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Death, Vomit, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident

The level and description of triggering content in Solutions and Other Problems is either similar or one notch above the previous memoir, Hyperbole and a Half.

ratxheart's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Car accident, Grief, Drug use, Alcohol, Death, Excrement, Cancer, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Animal death, and Suicide

Moderate: Body horror and Cursing

galexy_brain's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

This was exactly the kind of easy-to-read, lighthearted book I needed to read to remind me why I like reading while trying to tackle a much more intricate, dense text. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Excrement, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Car accident, Drug use, and Medical content

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.

babayagaofficial's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Medical trauma

There’s also a mention of people suspecting pedophilia in one situation, but no pedophilia is actually taking place.

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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