Reviews tagging 'Grief'

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby

8 reviews

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Toxic relationship, Animal death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Racism, Cursing, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Abandonment, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, and Grief

Minor: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Medical content, Slavery, and Chronic illness

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

4.0

i adore Samantha Irby and their writing. this book is funny, honest, and full of relatable moments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Bullying, Alcohol, Ableism, Abandonment, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, and Fatphobia

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

zoiejanelle's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

fucking hilarious. i especially appreciated her essays on animals and working in animal welfare. sam has such a unique voice and her personification of Hellen Keller the cat and various other hypothetical inanimate objects had me gasping for air (with laughter). a great, quick, reflective and humorous read about relationships, identity, family, and adulthood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide attempt

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

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

annieswanny's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Grief, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty