Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby

37 reviews

lizloulie's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement and Vomit

a_lyttle_book_blog's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

This book was absolutely hilarious. There were parts where I was laughing so hard that my husband would look at me like 🤨

I picked this book to fulfill the Q on my A to Z reading challenge and I'm so glad I did. I will definitely be recommending this to others because everyone should laugh this hard at a book. It's good for the soul

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Excrement, and Vomit

Moderate: Sexual content

paperknotbooks's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

Not my favorite Irby collection, but it ends with a series of great essays. I don’t know if it’s the nun porn or the overwhelming too-close-to-home diarrhea stories, but this collection just didn’t capture me like her previous books.

You know what charmed me to pieces? Sam’s take on Sex & The City. I agree with her takes 100% and it that essay was one of my favorite things I read all of 2023. Inspiring a rewatch of the show 😆

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement

curiousgeorgie3's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness

amanda83's review against another edition

I didn't agree with her brand of humor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement

skysometimesreads's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement

Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

This is my first Irby book and I will be back for more! The only thing I disliked is a large essay in the book is dedicated to episode by episode reimaginings of Sex and the City which I have never seen so I had to trust through and/or skip. So funny, definitely a great palete cleanser. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement and Medical content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

madscientistcat's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement and Medical content

enf87's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

As a diehard fan of Sam Irby, I'll happily read anything she's written. For me, this didn't feel like her best work, but I still enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement and Vomit

Moderate: Medical content and Grief

ladythana's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child abuse and Toxic relationship