Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby

43 reviews

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

     I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I was hilarious and highly relatable. If you are a woman who is perimenopausal or older, especially if you have had mental health struggles, I think you’ll love this book. Even if you aren’t you will probably find it an enjoyable read. 

   The author is so honest about everything she’s struggled with that it’s raw but not sloppy. Also, her imposter syndrome is highly relatable to most people. Though I could have done without some of the “Sex and the City” recaps of changes the author would make it was still funny. 

Narrator Rating: 4.5 stars 

   The author’s voice takes a little while to get used to, at least it did for me. But in the end, the author did an amazing job narrating this book. Having the author narrate a memoir helps you understand more how they felt at the time they wrote the book and when they were experiencing the events. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Addiction, Biphobia, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

ashleylynn's review against another edition

2.75

“Being perceived is excruciating. Especially if you can’t go person to person explaining why you look like that. I’d go to a lot more stuff if I knew I could take each person aside and explain to them why I look and dress the way I do.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Medical content, and Death of parent

amachonis's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, and Medical content

Moderate: Fatphobia and Death of parent

skyturtles's review against another edition

funny lighthearted sad slow-paced

2.0

Not my favorite work of Irby's. I would recommend her other 2 recent essay compilations over this one. It just had a lot of TV stuff that I didn't find interesting, and there was a lot of... excrement? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Excrement

Moderate: Death of parent and Pandemic/Epidemic

zombiezami's review against another edition

While I find Samantha Irby's delivery and comedic style to be endearing, the topics in this book weren't very interesting to me and seemed too much like Wow, No Thank You. At a certain point I was like, yeah yeah, I get the picture

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Sexual content, and Medical content

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

readingpicnic's review against another edition

3.0

Honestly, the humor was not for me, and this is a book made up almost entirely of humorous essays. I enjoyed some of it, but reallyy had to embrace the cringe of millennial humor to power through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, and Death of parent

dimeryrene's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

3.75

Another funny collection by Irby. This one ranges from her favorite porn to the death of her mother to how to interact with teens. Each essay brings something totally different. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

throwback682's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

3.0

Not a bad book at all, just not necessarily for me. My friends loved it. There were definitely many laugh out loud lines! And other times where I skipped most of an essay because it wasn’t grabbing me. The jokes are about  everything from dead parents to diarrhea. This wasn’t my favorite book but it might very well be yours. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

miaomoh's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Excrement, Vomit, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent

kylieqrada's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

Anything that can make me laugh so hard I wake my baby up is worthy of a high rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic