About the Author
Allie Brosh was studying to becoming a scientist when she started blogging in 2009. Her blog, Hyperbole and a Half, has won several awards. In 2013, Advertising Age named Brosh one of the fifty most influential creative figures in the world. Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed show more Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened is her first book. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Photo by Sarah Henderson from an author interview by NPR. http://www.npr.org/2013/11/12/244758140/even-when-it-hurts-alot-brosh-faces-life...
Works by Allie Brosh
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened (2013) — Author — 5,141 copies
Cologne 5 copies
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- Legal name
- Brosh, Alexandra
- Birthdate
- 1985
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Montana, USA
Bend, Oregon, USA - Education
- University of Montana
- Agent
- Monika Verma
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Reviews
Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh
Rather sad tales of anxiety and depression in graphic form.
I have Alot of books. My Alot agrees this one is great.
This book is humorous, but deals with a lot of pretty heavy topics. The author is using her art as therapy and I think she uses her platform very effectively. From death and mental illness to the crazy neighbor child ... lots of opportunity for humor and processing. I'm sure anybody dealing with some of these same issues will find a kindred spirit in the protagonist.
This is like "My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness" if there was no healing and it was all self-defeating.
While Allie Brosh is an eccentric, funny character when it comes to recalling her past, her self-reflections were so self-destructive that they were counterproductive to any self-actualization. She imagines herself as a naturally shitty person with a cynical, self-hatful attitude towards her own conduct. She focusses more on what she and other shouldn't do that she ignores what all of us could be doing to be better.
It's interesting to read her story, both as a unique individual and as a time capsule for 2013. I get the impression that everyone felt the ways she did in this book and that's why it was so popular. I'm glad that mental health has been taken more seriously now and that people are resorting towards real solutions for their problems, not some homebrew, pessimistic philosophy of "I'm an awful person, but everyone and everything else is so pathetic, naive, worthless, and futile that I cannot help but laugh at the absurdity of everything as a superficial means to cope."… (more)
While Allie Brosh is an eccentric, funny character when it comes to recalling her past, her self-reflections were so self-destructive that they were counterproductive to any self-actualization. She imagines herself as a naturally shitty person with a cynical, self-hatful attitude towards her own conduct. She focusses more on what she and other shouldn't do that she ignores what all of us could be doing to be better.
It's interesting to read her story, both as a unique individual and as a time capsule for 2013. I get the impression that everyone felt the ways she did in this book and that's why it was so popular. I'm glad that mental health has been taken more seriously now and that people are resorting towards real solutions for their problems, not some homebrew, pessimistic philosophy of "I'm an awful person, but everyone and everything else is so pathetic, naive, worthless, and futile that I cannot help but laugh at the absurdity of everything as a superficial means to cope."… (more)
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Statistics
- Works
- 7
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 6,730
- Popularity
- #3,638
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 357
- ISBNs
- 32
- Languages
- 4
- Favorited
- 16