I didn't find this as light as Quietly Hostile but it was still a good read.

Narrator Rating: 4.25 stars

I kept seeing Samantha Irby's books pop up in various reading feeds. Admittedly, the bunny on the cover was what really made me decide to pick up the essay collection, along with just being curious to understand the appeal of Irby's writing. After finishing Wow, No Thank You., I think it's safe to say that her writing works really well for certain readers… I'm definitely not one of them.

Irby is funny, for the most part, though some of her humor didn't always land for me. I think what really didn't work for me, though, was not an issue of how she delivered her stories and thoughts; it was that I simply didn't care very much for the topics she wrote about. I felt a bit disconnected from this essay collection, as a result.

I will say that I really liked how frank she was about more serious issues, while never veering too far off from her humorous style.

This set of comedic essays lives up to its genre; It's not often that a book makes me audibly chuckle, but this one did. I deeply appreciated that Samatha Irby let readers glimpse moments in her life with a vulnerability that I would never be able to muster up. I saw myself reflected in some moments of her life and felt that I had a new understanding of those that I've never faced myself. 

Title: Wow, No Thank You: Essays
Author: Samantha Irby
Genre: Non Fiction Essays
Rating: 3.5
Pub Date: March 31, 2020

T H R E E • W O R D S

relatable • comical • conversational

📖 S Y N O P S I S

Wow, No Thank You is the latest collection of essays from American comedian, Samantha Irby, exploring middle age, marriage, and her new bourgeois life.

💭 T H O U G H T S

Samantha Irby's self-deprecating humour is to the point, laugh-out-loud funny, honest, and relatable. This collection was a quick, easy read, yet I enjoyed some of the essays more than others. In fact, some of the essays were boring, repetitive, and at times felt like long-winded tangents unrelated to the actual story. in fact, it read a bit too much like a stream of consciousness than a cohesive set of essays.

I'm glad I picked this one up, but it likely won't stick with me down the road. If vulgar humour is not your thing, I would recommend skipping this one. And if you're planning to give it a shot, I'd recommend the audio which is read by the author.

📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• audiobook lovers
• fans of self-deprecating humour

🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S

"Sadly, life is not a movie. Life is an impossibly long and unyielding march to the grave, peppered along the way with myriad disappointments and misfortunes."