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We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby

12 reviews

colinlievens's review

funny lighthearted reflective relaxing

3.0

Couldn’t decide if I found Irby to be insufferable or hilarious. Sometimes I felt she was trying too hard to make me laugh and other times I did genuinely laugh out loud. 

If it wasn’t for the fact that I’d borrowed the book from my boyfriend and she’s one of his absolute favourite writers, I’m not sure I would have bothered finishing this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Cursing, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Infertility, Classism, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Terminal illness

I feel like with these content warnings I made this book sound horrific. Irby brushes over topics lightly and with self deprecating humour. She’s not shy about her sex life or her shitty childhood or both her parents being dead, but seeing as all the essays are essentially unrelated then you can just skip past any that might feel a little too close to the bone for you.

zosiablue's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Whenever I'm low, which I've been lately, my therapist begs me to read something other than gore and horror and murder. So, here I am in an unfamiliar genre, funny & chill autobiographical essays! Samantha Irby is delightful and light and did a good job of resetting my brain a little. I can't really rate this because it felt too light for me, even though she hits on some heavy topics (poverty, parent death). But even though this isn't really for me (it's me, not Samantha), mostly this just reads like your good friend telling fun stories at a bar and I'm gonna keep going through the rest of her books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Grief, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Infertility

Moderate: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Classism, and Alcoholism

uranaishi's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death of parent, Excrement, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Dysphoria, Drug abuse, Racism, Body horror, Pregnancy, and Blood

notartgarfunkel's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Animal death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Chronic illness

Minor: Infidelity, Infertility, Animal cruelty, and Homophobia

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

4.5

A very fun read that should be done with headphones in. Ms. Irby is such a fun writer, and I'll be reading more of her books in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Excrement, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Animal death, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Infertility

Minor: Vomit and Animal cruelty

bookish_purrsuits's review against another edition

funny slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Ableism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Infertility, Child abuse, Animal death, Death of parent, and Classism

ladythana's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Child abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

Minor: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Infertility, Racism, Grief, Medical content, and Lesbophobia

demo's review

dark funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Racism, and Body shaming

Moderate: Death of parent, Fatphobia, Animal death, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, and Infertility

Minor: Vomit, Eating disorder, and Pedophilia

Lots of talk about dieting and restriction - proceed with caution

bitterseason's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Violence, Vomit, Racism, Suicide attempt, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

spinesinaline's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

3.75

Irby covers a lot in these funny and very open essays: her demon cat, dating experiences, anxiety, and disability. Some parts had me laughing out loud. The digital format I read wasn’t ideal as as the text was crammed together but still very enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Excrement, Medical content, Death of parent, Infertility, and Suicide attempt