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alliemikennareads's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
Really enjoyed this book! I found it super funny and think the audiobook format really aided my reading experience. Would recommend to fans of comedy style books!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts
Sexual harassment, suicidal ideations/ attempt, depression and anxiety descriptions, diet cultureisnotacrayon's review against another edition
funny
relaxing
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
stayshomeandreads's review
challenging
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Racism, Racial slurs, and Physical abuse
edgwareviabank's review
emotional
funny
medium-paced
4.5
If your self-talk, like mine, is mostly self-deprecating jokes and swearing, you'll like Samantha Irby's "We Are Never Meeting In Real Life" a lot.
I first saw this book while casually browsing bookstore shelves, when going to bookstores in person was still a thing. I put it on my list because the blurb at the back promised a frank, authentic voice, and humour applied to all sort of life situations, including the absurd and sad.
Even though jokes abound (there are plenty I want to read out loud to others, though even I, childless by choice, know better than to share the hilarious "a bomb, probably" with my happily pregnant friends), the hardship that has accompanied Samantha Irby throughout her life is plain to see. "happy birthday", about the loss of her father, is, at heart, a heavy tale of estrangement, and a very well written one at that. Her honesty about chronic pain and financial struggles provides plenty of moments for the averagely privileged reader to stop and recognise that much of the things that look straightforward in life we are, in fact, taking for granted.
Many of the essays follow, more or less closely, the progression of Samantha Irby's relationship with her wife of a few years. Here, the humour concentrates on the life change marriage brought about for her (very roughly: from single woman in a Chicago apartment to stepmother in smalltown Michigan); despite all the making fun of children and family meals and shared holidays, there's a very endearing current of love running throughout, down to the very last sentence in the final acknowledgments. I closed the book with a plan to start catching up on Samantha Irby's online work, and hoping these two women live a whole lifetime of lifting each other up.
I first saw this book while casually browsing bookstore shelves, when going to bookstores in person was still a thing. I put it on my list because the blurb at the back promised a frank, authentic voice, and humour applied to all sort of life situations, including the absurd and sad.
Even though jokes abound (there are plenty I want to read out loud to others, though even I, childless by choice, know better than to share the hilarious "a bomb, probably" with my happily pregnant friends), the hardship that has accompanied Samantha Irby throughout her life is plain to see. "happy birthday", about the loss of her father, is, at heart, a heavy tale of estrangement, and a very well written one at that. Her honesty about chronic pain and financial struggles provides plenty of moments for the averagely privileged reader to stop and recognise that much of the things that look straightforward in life we are, in fact, taking for granted.
Many of the essays follow, more or less closely, the progression of Samantha Irby's relationship with her wife of a few years. Here, the humour concentrates on the life change marriage brought about for her (very roughly: from single woman in a Chicago apartment to stepmother in smalltown Michigan); despite all the making fun of children and family meals and shared holidays, there's a very endearing current of love running throughout, down to the very last sentence in the final acknowledgments. I closed the book with a plan to start catching up on Samantha Irby's online work, and hoping these two women live a whole lifetime of lifting each other up.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content
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