Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

9 reviews

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

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

embervleo's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Body horror and Medical content

Minor: Terminal illness, Vomit, 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

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

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

bexi's review

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

stardustdreamer's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

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