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Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby

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lizloulie's review against another edition

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challenging emotional medium-paced

4.0

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embervleo's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

Another set of funny essays from Samantha Irby. I always prefer to read her books in audiobook format bc she narrates them. I appreciate her sense of humor around challenging/taboo topics like chronic illness and parental death.

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dark funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.75

I went back and forth on the number of stars to give this one, but I'm settling on this because:

Yes, it was absolutely hilarious. That chapter about the allergic reaction was probably the funniest thing I have EVER read.

I actually identified with a lot of the feelings, situations, etc. that Irby explored which is fun because we come from such very different backgrounds. A lot of the stuff we share in common revolves around anxiety so 😂

The Chicago rep obvi 🙌

I really could've done without the Sex in the City chapter. I know basically nothing about the show and truly do not care about it. Some parts were funny or relatable when she'd go off on a related but not SITC integral tangent, but I almost DNF'd at this point. I'm so glad I didn't, but still!

Early on in the book there is some like really graphic talk about sex and my asexual ass was so fucking uncomfortable lol. I'm sure others won't mind, but it was just too much for me.

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a_lyttle_book_blog's review against another edition

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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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jdamae11's review against another edition

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funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

Samantha Irby has done it again! This collection had me ugly laughing in public and turning back just to laugh at the same lines again. But it also made me pause and reflect for a while on some tough stuff. Every time I finish anything by this author I feel just way less alone in this chaotic human experience, and I can only hope that I’ve somehow gotten funnier from being exposed to her brilliant wit too. This book was perfect to end 2023, the year that has humbled me more than any other LOL. *Fitting that I read the “Body Horror” essay after just turning 27 this month, because I too as a teen thought that 27 was “the definitive full stop age I needed to have my shit together by” and now that I’m here I could not laugh any harder at that concept. And this book helped me laugh even harder at it!

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