Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby

26 reviews

rynicolereads's review

emotional funny medium-paced

4.0

This is truly a laugh-out-loud essay collection! This was my first time reading anything by Irby and I found her storytelling to be clever, raunchy, and real. I appreciate that she doesn't shy away from difficult topics and will definitely read more by her.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Sexism

n0m_de_grr's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Excrement, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

cheesy_gordita_grack's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

I can't remember the last time I read a book that was so sad and so funny. As we slowly emerge on the other end of the global pandemic, the word "resilience" gets thrown around a lot, but that's the word I kept thinking of as I read this book. Irby has SEEN some shit, man. And she has a lot of trauma and mental health issues and quirks because of what she's been through—but she's still out there, trying to exist in the world, being funny as hell and living and loving. And I just really needed to read a book about that struggle, because it's one that me and a lot of other people are going through right now. It was important to see that you can be OK after everything.

Some parts resonated with me more than others, but the parts that did . . . I'm not likely to forget. Especially the sections on Irby's dad, or the one (I can't remember the chapter title now) where she talks about how she learned early on that love = chaos and pain and pining.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship

isnotacrayon's review

funny relaxing fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

thehaylflayl's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Suicide

yunziyinz's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

these essays are hilarious and dark, about how to stay alive in this hellish world. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Death of parent, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infertility, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, and Toxic relationship