Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

29 reviews

madamepincers's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book is incredibly funny, heart-wrenching, wonderful, unique, and bizarre. It really enjoyed it. I've seen many reviews saying offhandedly that "there's so much dark humour/passively depressing stuff that it's clear this author should get help" and like... yeah-- it's a perfect follow up to Brosh's musings on depression and anxiety and feeling out of place in Hyperbole and a Half. It explains a lot of context. It deals with extremely difficult topics (like her sister's death, her own very serious surgeries and almost bleeding to death from internal bleeding, etc).

It's hard to categorise it as funny or sad. It's both. It's overwhelmingly emotional and all over the place and brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Suicide, Medical content, Mental illness, Death, and Grief

rocketsaurus's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Mental illness, and Medical content

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

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

kayciedoom's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I've been a fan of Allie Brosh since her Blogspot days, and I'm thrilled to see her come out with a new book, which continues to be funny, insightful, sad sometimes disturbing, and deeply personal and relatable. Her drawings have improved a lot, becoming more and more expressive and appealing. Her dog stories are my favorite. Overall, a great read that made me laugh out loud, and feel feelings I didn't know I had.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Medical content and Cancer

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.

kelsea's review

adventurous funny sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Suicide

Minor: Medical content

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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