A review by jayisreading
Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby

funny lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

I kept seeing Samantha Irby's books pop up in various reading feeds. Admittedly, the bunny on the cover was what really made me decide to pick up the essay collection, along with just being curious to understand the appeal of Irby's writing. After finishing Wow, No Thank You., I think it's safe to say that her writing works really well for certain readers… I'm definitely not one of them.

Irby is funny, for the most part, though some of her humor didn't always land for me. I think what really didn't work for me, though, was not an issue of how she delivered her stories and thoughts; it was that I simply didn't care very much for the topics she wrote about. I felt a bit disconnected from this essay collection, as a result.

I will say that I really liked how frank she was about more serious issues, while never veering too far off from her humorous style.
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