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4.26 AVERAGE
4.26 AVERAGE
Allie Brosh. If she didn’t spook so easily I’d try to make her be my best friend. This book, like her first, made me feel less alone, less weird, and less sad. But at the same time, it made me feel ok about being alone, weird, and sad sometimes.
After a seven year absence, Allie Brosh returns with a whopping 500 pages of illustrated essays that range from hysterical to heartbreaking.
Brosh made a name for herself with Hyperbole and a Half, her website-turned-book of autobiographical essays/comics. Not only were the essays funny and occasionally poignant, but their MSPaint illustrations added a layer of fun to them.
Solutions and Other Problems is the follow-up fans have been waiting for. None of the humor has been lost(her pets are still strange, and she might be even stranger), but Brosh touches on the things that have kept her away from the spotlight. It's been a rough seven years for her.
Highly recommended for fans of Hyperbole and a Half, of course. Also for anyone who needs a laugh but isn't afraid to take brief looks at more serious topics.
~Mike M.
Brosh made a name for herself with Hyperbole and a Half, her website-turned-book of autobiographical essays/comics. Not only were the essays funny and occasionally poignant, but their MSPaint illustrations added a layer of fun to them.
Solutions and Other Problems is the follow-up fans have been waiting for. None of the humor has been lost(her pets are still strange, and she might be even stranger), but Brosh touches on the things that have kept her away from the spotlight. It's been a rough seven years for her.
Highly recommended for fans of Hyperbole and a Half, of course. Also for anyone who needs a laugh but isn't afraid to take brief looks at more serious topics.
~Mike M.
I laughed out loud and cried openly and overall feel more understood as a person.
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I was expecting alot of things from this book, i was NOT expecting to bawl my fuckin eyes out reading it. I was also not expecting to read it in two days, if i could inhale it i would have!
Wonderful work as usual , if you don't like this book we can't be friends typa stuff.
Wonderful work as usual , if you don't like this book we can't be friends typa stuff.
I enjoy her drawings and most of her stories and life philosophies. She can illustrate particular emotions pretty accurately in her characters' facial expressions and body positions/language. She does touch on difficult experiences (divorce, whatever her illness was, sister's death/suicide) as well as sort of crazy, unique situations that she's experienced or seen (sister and Becky, her outdoors drug-induced challenge). There was some disjointedness--or at least I didn't make the connections--and I was glad to see the effort at some self-acceptance and self-love at the end. Even if it was just a small step forward towards it.
Also, the hardcover version of this book is SO heavy! High quality, thick pages, that's why. I think I read the hardcover version of Hyperbole and a Half and it was also heavy, but I think this book is longer, so a little more heavy.
"He falls over every four seconds. I keep trying to explain how to not do that, but it isn't working--either because my teaching methods are ineffective or his learning methods are ineffective, but it is for sure somebody's fault." pg. 151
Book: borrowed from SSF Main Library.
Also, the hardcover version of this book is SO heavy! High quality, thick pages, that's why. I think I read the hardcover version of Hyperbole and a Half and it was also heavy, but I think this book is longer, so a little more heavy.
"He falls over every four seconds. I keep trying to explain how to not do that, but it isn't working--either because my teaching methods are ineffective or his learning methods are ineffective, but it is for sure somebody's fault." pg. 151
Book: borrowed from SSF Main Library.
To put it simply, this book is about mortality. Or how to learn to love and forgive yourself when nothing makes sense.
This book has been a hilarious roller coaster of emotions, going through anecdotes from Allie Brosh's life - her childhood, death, depression, loss, self destruction - and how she managed to tame her demons. Or tried. I think many people need this book. Because nothing makes sense indeed, we all feel ugly, we're not friends with ourselves, and we all need to laugh our asses off from time to time. This book does it all.
As a personal note, I stopped reading in the last few months of 2020 due to pregnancy & fatigue, new job, and a loss of focus caused by all the outside noise (ie y'know, that virus thing) - and this book has given me the desire to read again. Also, hands down to Allie Brosh's parents for being amazingly patient parents.
This book has been a hilarious roller coaster of emotions, going through anecdotes from Allie Brosh's life - her childhood, death, depression, loss, self destruction - and how she managed to tame her demons. Or tried. I think many people need this book. Because nothing makes sense indeed, we all feel ugly, we're not friends with ourselves, and we all need to laugh our asses off from time to time. This book does it all.
As a personal note, I stopped reading in the last few months of 2020 due to pregnancy & fatigue, new job, and a loss of focus caused by all the outside noise (ie y'know, that virus thing) - and this book has given me the desire to read again. Also, hands down to Allie Brosh's parents for being amazingly patient parents.
It has been a long wait since the book "Hyperbole and a Half" was published in 2013. Allie Brosh stopping her blog was a real blow too, for those of us who had come to depend on her particular blend of humor and profound observation to help us get through the day. I am pleased to say that "Solutions and Other Problems" was well worth the wait. Brosh's humor was there as pristine and hilarious as ever, with absolutely gutting moments of real human angst that are so primal and so relatable that you understand why it might have taken her seven years to distill them into a comic-style memoir--after all, it's taking most of us our entire lives to come to these same conclusions. Brosh's candor about her struggles with depression and loneliness are heartfelt and poignant--she offers no cliched platitudes to encourage us. She acknowledges her own trials and how they relate to all humanity and doesn't shy away from the darkness. Despite the title, she doesn't offer any advice or solutions. Instead, she tells her story with brash honesty and lets us all know that we aren't alone. It's one of the most inspiring books I've ever read.