Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby

6 reviews

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

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

mynameisrebecca's review

funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Minor: Vomit

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

florina's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Body horror

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