Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby

19 reviews

danyeleht's review

Boring and repetitive. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

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

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

shainabriley's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

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

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Minor: Child abuse

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

joyfulfoodie's review against another edition

funny slow-paced

2.25

I did not really enjoy most of this book. There was a lot of eye rolling. The author is an anxious person and listening to her self deprecating rambles and whining about how much she hates parties really gets old. Especially tedious was the chapter “sure sex is great but” which featured that phrase a million times each followed by things she compared to sex that implied they were supposed to be better… but about half of which were neutral at best and many of those seemed downright unpleasant. By the end I was mostly finishing it because a) I was on a long road trip and it beat staticky radio and b) I wanted an “I” author for my reading challenge. 

Also possible this isn’t my top genre… I also struggled to finish “I was told there would be cake” by Sloane Crosley. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

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

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