Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby

5 reviews

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

rbacon's review

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

This is such a relatable and funny book - it really shows the parts of life we want to hide from others and perhaps suggests they don't have to be as embarrassing as we think they are, but also they are pretty embarrassing.  Includes a playlist from Samantha Irby to the reader, as well as a list of things better than sex, which I largely agree with and definitely laughed my way through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual content

kylieqrada's review against another edition

dark funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

Welp, I've fallen in love with another essayist and will be obsessively consuming all of their content and then descend into a depressive state when I run out of new stuff by them and stalk their Instagram until I die. This was HILARIOUS and RELATABLE and HEART-WARMING and SAD and DID NOT HOLD BACK and I LOVED IT. I listened to it on audio, which is narrated by the author, and I would highly, HIGHLY recommend that experience. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

I really like Samantha Irby's perspective on life and her writing is very funny and very honest. I enjoyed We Are Never Meeting In Real Life but I remember it took me a while to get used to her writing idiosyncrasies. That wasn't an issue here since I listened to the audiobook, which made it much easier to connect to her. Her narration also made it much funnier than if I'd been reading it myself. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Excrement

Minor: Death of parent and Grief