Quietly Hostile

I love Sam Irby of COURSE. I checked this one out on audiobook and it worked for me–I'm not a big audiobook person bc it's harder for me to pay attention long-form and I often will realize I spaced out and need to scrub back a few minutes. But with the essay format it was easier to follow (and TBH some of her more in-depth discussions of pop culture stuff that I don't know as well, like Sex and the City and Dave Matthews, I was fine spacing out on). Overall: just the funny, frank (to the point of grossness) stuff you'd expect from Sam Irby.

I only just started reading Samantha Irby's essays earlier this year, but she's quickly becoming one of my favorites. Normally bathroom humor isn't my thing, and there was a lot of it in this book, but here it didn't bother me. It was brutally honest, laugh-out-loud funny, and (sometimes sadly) relatable. My only complaint is that some essays dragged on a little too long (the Sex and the City one in particular). Overall, I really enjoyed this collection.

A huge thank you to NetGalley and Vintage for the advance reader copy!

I love Sam. I just know we would be the kind of friends who keep saying we should hang out but neither of us are motivated enough to actually pull the trigger-but when we do, it's amazing and we are drinking margaritas and just giggling the whole time. With that being said...this one felt like it needed more time in the oven. I know it was partially written during COVID and it kind of feels that way. There were a few compelling chapters (sex and the city rewrites did make me pass away) but the rest felt filler-y.