Reviews tagging 'Death'

Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

7 reviews

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

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

adiajamille's review

slow-paced

3.0

This was my first Samantha Irby book. The self deprecation was just too nonstop for me. It made me feel like she actually hates herself but wants to mask it with jokes. There were disgusting (for me, I can’t deal with poo and there’s a lot), and occasionally funny, and to an extent very relatable. I’m not so concerned with the lack of continuity between essays, because that’s kind of the point of books filled with essays. That you share individual vignettes compiled in one place. I don’t know if I’m the audience, despite being a perimenopausal Black woman. 

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Content Warnings

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

leweylibrary's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Racism and Sexism

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

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

imstephtacular's review

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

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