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A review by justinlife
Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
2.75
I might go back and change this rating. This will be one that I'm sure I'll oscillate on. did I find it just ok or did I like it? I don't know. It's somewhere in the middle.
I did learn after reading this that personal essays without a common thread aren't for me. I've tried with David Sedaris and now Samantha Irby and I don't think I like the genre.
Samantha Irby's voice is fun and the reader can tell that blogging is her primary mode of writing. I'm not always convinced that it translates well into the written book. It felt like reading an intimate blog of a friend who shares way too much. Being this is my first exposure with Ms. Irby, I feel like maybe this wasn't the best start. I felt like there pieces to her story that were already told that I wanted to know about, such as how she ended up in Michigan and married. She brushes over it, which leads me to believe that she's written about it before. I did find her relatable, if hyperbolic, which can be fun.
There are moments in this collection that are laugh out loud funny. There are moments that I read aloud to my partner and he laughed as well. I appreciated that she's my age and the references were familiar. Her prose is conversational, like a friend who's on the phone and you're having a conversation. I enjoyed how she told her stories. The relationship advice one and the one on publishing were the highlights to me.
I did learn after reading this that personal essays without a common thread aren't for me. I've tried with David Sedaris and now Samantha Irby and I don't think I like the genre.
Samantha Irby's voice is fun and the reader can tell that blogging is her primary mode of writing. I'm not always convinced that it translates well into the written book. It felt like reading an intimate blog of a friend who shares way too much. Being this is my first exposure with Ms. Irby, I feel like maybe this wasn't the best start. I felt like there pieces to her story that were already told that I wanted to know about, such as how she ended up in Michigan and married. She brushes over it, which leads me to believe that she's written about it before. I did find her relatable, if hyperbolic, which can be fun.
There are moments in this collection that are laugh out loud funny. There are moments that I read aloud to my partner and he laughed as well. I appreciated that she's my age and the references were familiar. Her prose is conversational, like a friend who's on the phone and you're having a conversation. I enjoyed how she told her stories. The relationship advice one and the one on publishing were the highlights to me.