Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

43 reviews

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

edeanreads's review

funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Great and hilarious book! It was a fantastic listen as an audiobook. Additional content warning (and slight spoiler) ahead (it didn’t pop up as an option in the content warnings section):

this book includes a DETAILED description of someone going into anaphylactic shock. As an allergy parent who has experienced my child going through anaphylaxis, it was so hard to listen to. I’m ultimately glad I pushed through, but I would have appreciated a heads up.

jdamae11's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Death of parent

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

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

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

kmaron's review

funny reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

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

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

This is my first Irby book and I will be back for more! The only thing I disliked is a large essay in the book is dedicated to episode by episode reimaginings of Sex and the City which I have never seen so I had to trust through and/or skip. So funny, definitely a great palete cleanser. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement and Medical content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail