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racqthebelle's review against another edition
2.0
I didn’t know anything about the author before reading this book and my first thought while reading this was “damn, this is a really sad boomer”. Self-deprecation and long, drawn-out observational humor is not my style, so I don’t think it’s funny like most reviewers did, but I did enjoy reading it for the most part. I think Samantha Irby has a particular style of wit, and I did like her insights and could relate to some of the dating foolishness she got into in her 20’s, but I didn’t find this LOL funny like I thought I would from the rave reviews. Overall, it was a light, okay read.
bellawoo's review against another edition
I don't think first-person humor essays are my thing, with David Sedaris as the only exception
nikness44's review against another edition
2.0
I can understand why she would appeal to other readers, unfortunately I couldn’t get into this.
jaclyncrupi's review against another edition
4.0
Everything is terrible but Samantha Irby makes it so much better with her voice, her humour, her smarts and her middle-aged musings (case in point: ‘Girls Gone Mild’). Irby’s witty and clever and so darn funny (AND she wrote my favourite episode of Shrill) and I love her.
kkourakis's review against another edition
Not in a memoir mode. Too much NF right now.
emmabeckman's review against another edition
3.0
I’m generally not a fan of half stars, but I’d say this one was more of a 3.5 star read for me. I think two things led to my lesser enjoyment of this book. 1. I think I’m not quite old enough to be the intended audience of these particular essays. While some of them were quite funny for me, most of them were about topics that aren’t quite applicable to my current day life. I still enjoyed the writing but I didn’t exactly... care. 2. I think I should have read her previous essay collections before picking up this one. There seemed to be a lot of life context that I would have gained from reading the other collections as well as direct references to them that I just didn’t get.
On the plus side, I definitely liked Samantha Irby’s writing enough to want to read the others to catch up. I don’t know when I’ll get to them, but I’ll definitely put them on my list. I thought it was really funny and and entertaining. I’d definitely recommend it to other readers, and I’m glad that I know more about the book itself and Samantha Irby, who I had heard a lot about from jesssiemae on Instagram.
On the plus side, I definitely liked Samantha Irby’s writing enough to want to read the others to catch up. I don’t know when I’ll get to them, but I’ll definitely put them on my list. I thought it was really funny and and entertaining. I’d definitely recommend it to other readers, and I’m glad that I know more about the book itself and Samantha Irby, who I had heard a lot about from jesssiemae on Instagram.