Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Meaty by Samantha Irby

23 reviews

kylieqrada's review against another edition

funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

3.5

A little dated, but still enjoyable! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Excrement, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fatphobia and Mental illness

julianairving's review against another edition

I loved some of the chapters regarding her mother but the rest was too all over the place for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

zoiejanelle's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

i listened to this audiobook on spotify, so i didn’t absorb it as much as i might have the physical copy! 

Samantha Irby is one of those writers that can make me cry with laughter AND sadness. she has a raw, unabashed tone to her writing that i really appreciate and resonates with plenty of readers. her essay about her mother’s MS and Samantha’s own early “motherhood” really sparked something in me and helped me to see her in a different light. 

this book had a truly shocking amount of “shit” talk in it, but my brand of humor accepted this readily. it was distracting at times from the main messages of other, non-poop-centric essays, but still an important part of her life to highlight. 

i definitely like the writing in her other books more, but this was still a worthwhile read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Medical content, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

ramenfuneral's review against another edition

funny sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

earofthedog's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Fatphobia and Sexual content

mdavis26's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Excrement, Grief, Medical content, Vomit, Cursing, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Blood

ladythana's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Grief, Vomit, Medical content, Cursing, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Excrement, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Fatphobia and Body shaming

amanda884's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol and Chronic illness

Minor: Death of parent and Suicide attempt

lily1304's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective

4.0

Samantha Irby never disappoints. It's so funny to read this though (written before she started dating her now-wife) and be like, "girl, PLEASE, think about it! men are not for you!!"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Lots of uncomfortably detailed descriptions of feces because she talks nonstop about her Crohn's Disease

sasstronaut's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad slow-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Excrement, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Cursing, Medical content, and Sexual content