Cover Image: Wow, No Thank You.

Wow, No Thank You.

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Samantha Irby is probably one of my favorite authors, so when I saw this opportunity to read her book, I jumped on it. Her books are always hilarious, but have a message behind them as well. In reading all three of her books, I have laughed, and I have cried. She is just so refreshingly honest about things a lot of us go through, and I really like how open she is about depression, anxiety, and chronic illness that can at times be invisible to the public. I consistently recommend all of her writing to friends.

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Goodness gracious, is there a funnier person on the planet? Sam Irby once again knocks it out of the park and as a result, my husband was woken from a tidy slumber several times - the laughing was out of control with this one. I will surely be covering it for Book Riot closer to publication.

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How much do I love Sam Irby!!!! This book is just as good as her other works. I hav loved her since Meaty with the rooster on the cover. I will read anything and everything she writes. Can I read her grocery list? While her humor is not for everyone I think the need for her type of humor is necessary.

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I laughed so hard at times I couldn’t read.Her story about going out when older the preparation to get out the door. to enjoy the night when really you would rather be home in bed.Another grab this book by Samantha Irby #netgallley #knopfdoubleday

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This was a great read and I couldn’t stop snorting while reading it. Irby’s first two essays about what her lifestyle show might be like and how an old has a night on the town were particularly hysterical. As a person who loves multiple people with butthole problems, her constant real as heck references to her IBD were very compelling and funny. I appreciate her choice to mine humor from tragedy, and her fully realized knowledge of herself. I would recommend this book to readers of Ali Wong and David Sedaris.

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Her writing keeps getting funnier and more insightful with every book, and every book has been wonderful.

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I loved Sam Irby's We Are Not Meeting in Real Life, as well as other essays I've read online, so I was excited for this new collection. As always, her work is honest and incredibly funny, and this collection is no exception.

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I love sam irby. I felt a fair amount of empathetic anxiety reading this, but ultimately I felt reassured by her ability to make these gross or awful things in her life funny.

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Typical Irby laugh-out-loud brilliance -- she never disappoints. I've already recommended this collection to several librarian friends and I expect they'll be recommending it to patrons once it comes out. As will I!

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I love everything Samantha Irby writes and this book is no exception. She is so raw and hilarious! I know this will be a very popular title at my library.

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I enjoyed Irby's new book immensely, but I do have to wonder if perhaps it's a little less biting and hard-hitting because the author is... happy? Many of the essays in "Wow, No Thank You." feel a little bit like Erma Bombeck if Erma Bombeck didn't shave her armpits. That's not an insult - Erma Bombeck is funny and it's a shame she's gone out of style. But they're generally kinder and gentler this time around.

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To me, this book felt very similar to her last, with not enough new experiences added to make it an enjoyable read.

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Not my favorite (a little rambly) but I did enjoy some of the essays in this collection. This was my first Irby book, and so I didn't connect with any of the references to her past work.

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Perfection! As always. I love her books. I knew I'd love this. Smart, sassy and so meaningful. It's brilliant. So current and daring. Just amazing. Completely worth reading!

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I love Samantha Irby. I've read all of her books and they are hilarious. Her voice shines through her writing. She writes about real human problems with a hint of comedy, making her relatable.

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I really enjoyed this new book of essays by Samantha Irby. I didn’t LOVE Meaty, but I did like We Are Never Meeting In Real Life and her newest book is very similar. She still tells poop stories but mostly talks about work and being in “business”. A lot of laugh out loud parts in this book too.

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Always enjoyable! Fave essay was BY FAR "late-1900s time capsule" because I'm pretty sure, minus a few songs/artists (never been a PJ Harvey or Hole person), I could've written it. Irby could have been poking through my music collection while writing.

Four stars only because there were a couple essays I really didn't care for, but ymmv, and anyway, I recommend this even if you also don't like two essays, because all of the rest are so damn good. (Oh, the essay about getting a dog. Yes to every single bit of it I DON'T WANT ANOTHER DOG NO ONE TELL SAM [MY HUSBAND NOT IRBY].)

Thanks so much to the publisher and to NetGalley for the ARC.

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