Name: Quietly Hostile
Rating: 4.269230769230769 (13 reviews)
ISBN: 9780593315699

Samantha Irby

Essays

Quietly Hostile

There are some great one liners in here already… 

Apiecalypse Jen

When everything is breaking news, nothing is breaking news.

Jennifer

I laughed out loud multiple times while reading this. I can’t remember the last time I did that. For this reason, it gets 5 stars.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A GLAMOUR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A hilarious new essay collection from Samantha Irby "engages readers with her characteristic combination of laugh-out-loud moments, heartfelt passages and plenty of awkward experiences.... Quietly Hostile will delight established fans and newcomers alike (Parade). “Brilliant and one of the funniest people I’ve ever read.” —Roxane Gay • "The king of sparkling misanthropy and tender, loving dread." —Jia Tolentino "Absolutely hilarious.... If you are feeling down, or you feel like you haven't read anything you've loved in a long time, all you need is Samantha Irby.... She will make you laugh on every page." —Emma Straub, bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow, on The Today Show Samantha Irby’s career has taken her to new heights. She dodges calls from Hollywood and flop sweats on the red carpet at premieres (well, one premiere). But nothing is ever as it seems online, where she can crop out all the ugly parts. Irby got a lot of weird emails about Carrie Bradshaw, and not only is there diarrhea to avoid, but now—anaphylactic shock. She is turned away from restaurants for being inappropriately dressed and looks for the best ways to cope, i.e., reveling in the offerings of QVC and adopting a deranged pandemic dog. Quietly Hostile makes light as Irby takes us on another outrageously funny tour of all the gory details that make up the true portrait of a life behind the screenshotted depression memes. Relatable, poignant, and uproarious, once again, Irby is the tonic we all need to get by. A BEST BOOK from Vogue, Esquire, PopSugar, Glamour, The Skimm, and more

Darice de Cuba

With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC. I got an uncorrected proof copy so I will ignore the grammar things or the unhinged sentences. 

I have read all of Samantha's books. This one is in her same style of dark humour. The Sex and the City chapters might not be everyone's cup of tea depending on if you have seen the show or not. 

Besides the in my world unreal things that happen to Samantha, there were lots of moments I had to laugh at her misfortune or just because there are some very recognizable moments.

If you have read her previous books it goes without saying: do not skip this one! I will be preordering it!

I’ve read all of Samantha Irby’s books, and maybe it was a mistake. While she’s still funny, all essays carry the same  humour tactics, which at book four becomes boring.

Karolina

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wow, No Thank You 'One of our culture's greatest humorists is back' Glamour 'Brilliant, hilarious and perspicacious' ELIZABETH DAY 'SO funny.' SARA PASCOE 'Wildly, seditiously funny.' New York Times 'Sam Irby is the king of sparkling misanthropy and tender, loving dread.' Jia Tolentino This is not an advice book. Samantha Irby doesn't know anything. After fleeing Chicago to quarantine at home in Michigan, Irby finds herself bleaching groceries and wondering if her upper lip hairs are visible on Zoom. Her career reaches new heights: she gets to work with the iconic ladies of Sex and the City - her dream! - but behind the new-found glam, Irby is just trying to keep her life together. Our friend in print is back, on point, and ready to take us with her, from adopting Abe (her scrawny, watery-eyed firstborn dog) to her favourite, extremely specific porn searches (including two old nuns). What readers are saying: 'Raunchy, punchy, relatable, fricken stellar. Highly! Recommend!' 'There is no writer out there who makes me laugh like Irby' 'What a ride it was! I loved every minute of it' 'Another entertaining collection in Irby's hilarious style'

No other writer can make me cackle so loud while reading. My partner was constantly coming into the room to ask me what was so funny.

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