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jessthanthree's review
3.5
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
galexy_brain's review
3.5
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
4.0
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
siobhanward's review against another edition
4.0
Irby is honest, raw and funny and I love her writing style. While she's writing about being in her late 30s, I can still relate so much to a lot of how she feels. I can imagine that her brutal honesty and openness may not be for everyone, but it worked for me. I loved her chapter on her step kids in particular. I don't know why that one in particular made me laugh, but her detailed description of making cheeseburger casserole just did me in.
I will always look forward to more from Irby.
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Fatphobia and Racism
kelly_e's review
3.5
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."
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
3.5
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
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
5.0
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
greatexpectations77's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Excrement and Medical content
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Animal death and Racism
kylieqrada's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts