Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

29 reviews

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

isaaclist's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content and Mental illness

honeycuttsp's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Death, Medical content, Car accident, Cancer, and Animal death

menomica's review against another edition

funny hopeful relaxing sad

God, I love Ally Brosh’s style of writing and comedy. It is so nonsensical and discombobulated yet perfectly so. I love how the book managed to talk about serious topics such as death and loneliness with an approachable cynical humor. This is the perfect companion book to Hyperbole & A Half

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Drug use, Dysphoria, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal death and Medical content

emdcairou's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Medical content

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

lwbean's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Medical content, Cancer, and Animal death

marrowe's review

emotional funny sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

stromjm's review

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

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.

coffinfinite's review

emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

I loved the original Hyperbole and a Half, so when I learned Brosh had a new book out buying it was a no-brainer. I recall laughing hysterically through most of HAAH, and went into Solutions and Other Problems expecting more of the same. What I encountered instead was something far more thoughtful and emotionally complex. Brosh perfectly captures the absurdity and tragedy of being alive, her illustrations (all 1,678 of them) each being worth a thousand words. Her tales of trying to befriend a sardine, of coping with a neighbour mysteriously hammering before 8am, and of experiencing profound loneliness, are all witty and poignant. Despite being eternally self deprecating, Brosh comes off as an incredibly likeable human being. She shares the stories of her life with an intimacy that makes it feel like she is confiding exclusively in you.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Grief