Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby

23 reviews

jessthanthree's review

funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Racism, Child abuse, Excrement, Death of parent, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Medical content, Classism, Ableism, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, and Medical trauma

jachelrames's review

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.25

This was my first Samantha Irby and I immediately followed her on any platform she’s on. Even when not 100% relatable (rare) you still get it. Honest and hilarious and unabashed.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Excrement, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Cursing

jayisreading's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement and Chronic illness

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Racism and Death

galexy_brain's review

funny lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

3.5

This set of comedic essays lives up to its genre; It's not often that a book makes me audibly chuckle, but this one did. I deeply appreciated that Samatha Irby let readers glimpse moments in her life with a vulnerability that I would never be able to muster up. I saw myself reflected in some moments of her life and felt that I had a new understanding of those that I've never faced myself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Excrement

Moderate: Chronic illness, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual content, Fatphobia, and Death

Minor: Grief, Medical content, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, and Mental illness

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Ableism, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Vomit, Abandonment, Excrement, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Cursing

Moderate: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Sexual content, Mental illness, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Rape, and Alcohol

trayslays's review

funny reflective medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Excrement, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

kelly_e's review

funny lighthearted fast-paced

3.5

Title: Wow, No Thank You: Essays
Author: Samantha Irby
Genre: Non Fiction Essays
Rating: 3.5
Pub Date: March 31, 2020

T H R E E • W O R D S

relatable • comical • conversational

📖 S Y N O P S I S

Wow, No Thank You is the latest collection of essays from American comedian, Samantha Irby, exploring middle age, marriage, and her new bourgeois life.

💭 T H O U G H T S

Samantha Irby's self-deprecating humour is to the point, laugh-out-loud funny, honest, and relatable. This collection was a quick, easy read, yet I enjoyed some of the essays more than others. In fact, some of the essays were boring, repetitive, and at times felt like long-winded tangents unrelated to the actual story. in fact, it read a bit too much like a stream of consciousness than a cohesive set of essays.

I'm glad I picked this one up, but it likely won't stick with me down the road. If vulgar humour is not your thing, I would recommend skipping this one. And if you're planning to give it a shot, I'd recommend the audio which is read by the author.

📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• audiobook lovers
• fans of self-deprecating humour

🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S

"Sadly, life is not a movie. Life is an impossibly long and unyielding march to the grave, peppered along the way with myriad disappointments and misfortunes." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, Excrement, and Cursing

Moderate: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Body shaming, and Chronic illness

Minor: Death of parent, Racism, and Death

butlerebecca's review

dark funny reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Excrement, Mental illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Racism, Fatphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

bexi's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Sexual content, Excrement, Medical content, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Animal death, Racial slurs, Fatphobia, and Racism

ladythana's review

dark funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Excrement, Cursing, Death of parent, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death