Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby

6 reviews

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

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Biphobia, Body shaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

bexi's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted reflective

Despite the content warnings, it's always a fun time with Samantha Irby (to me 😉) 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child abuse, Racism, and Abandonment

imstephtacular's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, Excrement, and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Abortion, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Classism

caseythereader's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.25

Thanks to Vintage Books for the free advance copy of this book.

 - I'm gonna be honest here, it's completely impossible for me to write any real review of a Samantha Irby book. I've been reading her writing for 15 years, going back to discovering her Bitches Gotta Eat blog while rotting away at my first horrible job after college. I will always adore everything she writes.
- What struck me most about this book has been this: it's a joy to grow up alongside Irby's writing. She and I have almost nothing in common, but I've been right there with her the whole time, from being a confused twentysomething to a confused nearly fortysomething. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child abuse

uranaishi's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Excrement, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Dysphoria, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infertility, Physical abuse, Blood, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Alcohol