Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

46 reviews

kmaron's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

devynreadsnovels's review

adventurous dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Biphobia, Body shaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

elderwoodreads's review

funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

This is my first Irby book and I will be back for more! The only thing I disliked is a large essay in the book is dedicated to episode by episode reimaginings of Sex and the City which I have never seen so I had to trust through and/or skip. So funny, definitely a great palete cleanser. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement and Medical content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

daniellel's review

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, and Death of parent

joannalouise's review

dark funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Death of parent

ladythana's review

funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child abuse and Toxic relationship

bexi's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted reflective

Despite the content warnings, it's always a fun time with Samantha Irby (to me 😉) 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child abuse, Racism, and Abandonment

libraryghost's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

mroth's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

4.25

I think I generally liked it more than her other books! (Which I also liked!) Fast and fun while still being grounded; my only complaint is that I listened to some parts while cooking and the scatological was sometimes too much and came out of nowhere. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement and Death of parent

spaghettireads's review against another edition

funny lighthearted slow-paced

3.0

This one didn't hit for me like i've enjoyed Sam Irby's other books! Some of the essays i enjoyed but there were some that i had to skip b/c they were so long and i just wasn't interested. 

My favourite essays:
- The Last Normal Day
-My Firstborn Dog
-I like to get high at night and think of whales
-How to look cool in front of the teens? 

In general the essays that are more memoir style worked a lot better for me than the ones that were lists and commentary on pop culture!

Thanks to Libro.fm for the ALC!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Medical content, and Death of parent