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I found a lot of this book absolutely hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing and periodically found myself sending excerpts to my friends. Samantha's voice is just so wonderful, and reading this book is like having a candid, all-your-cards-on-the-table conversation with a good friend. The dedication at the beginning is probably the best I've ever seen. The one thing that was a negative for me though - I can only take so many poop stories. Look, one, maybe even two? Pretty hilarious, I'll be honest. But by 65-70% through the book and we are on diarrhea again? Yeah, it was MORE than enough. Dial it back honey.

pemdas97's review

4.25

funny lighthearted fast-paced

ashlurtis's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

I think I was a much different person when I bought this book, honestly. I didn't REALLY know what I was getting into, but I had a general idea. Even so, I found this almost unreadable at times and way too voyeuristic and negative for me.

Irby's cantankerous candor is par for the course at this point, but perhaps was more of a fresh perspective at the time the book was originally published. Regardless, it didn't age well. Since I am the same age as Irby at the time of writing, or at least the time described in the writing, of the book, I was expecting to relate a little more to the content, but not quite.

With raw honesty and way too much detail, Irby dishes about her single life in the big city. Her self-loathing becomes tiresome and problematic as her insistence that she doesn't even want a boyfriend anyway becomes firmer. While entertaining at times, Irby's overall outlook is so dreary and disgusting that I'm surprised I was able to actually finish the book. Will definitely be gifting this, along with Irby's other collection of essays.