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- Narrated by: Samantha Irby
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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A new rip-roaring essay collection from the smart, edgy, hilarious, unabashedly raunchy, and best-selling Samantha Irby.
Irby is 40, and increasingly uncomfortable in her own skin despite what Inspirational Instagram Infographics have promised her. She has left her job as a receptionist at a veterinary clinic, has published successful books and has been friendzoned by Hollywood, left Chicago, and moved into a house with a garden that requires repairs and know-how with her wife in a Blue town in the middle of a Red state where she now hosts book clubs and makes mason jar salads. This is the bourgeois life of a Hallmark Channel dream. She goes on bad dates with new friends, spends weeks in Los Angeles taking meetings with "TV executives slash amateur astrologers" while being a "cheese fry-eating slightly damp Midwest person," "with neck pain and no cartilage in [her] knees," who still hides past due bills under her pillow.
The essays in this collection draw on the raw, hilarious particulars of Irby's new life. Wow, No Thank You is Irby at her most unflinching, riotous, and relatable.
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“As fitting a response to 2020 as I can imagine... Wildly, seditiously funny.... Read Irby because she knows what it means to live with a fair amount of panic and largely indoors.... She might be our great bard of quarantine—with an unimpeachable daytime pajama look.... This is her voice: deadpan, confiding, companionable.... [Her] three collections, which span a decade, ought to be read together, with this latest as a coda, striking its valedictory note.” —Parul Sehgal, The New York Times
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- T. Kenyon
- 2020-10-26
Too Much Complaining
It’s a bit too much complaining for me to find entertaining. The performances are fine. But I didn’t enjoy listening.
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- TL8
- 2020-11-22
Just listen to it , dammit!
I have the print version and it’s fn hilarious/heartbreaking - but hearing Samantha Irby tell her own story was the best .. self-deprecating, kinda dark and sarcastic - as I said THE BEST
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-10-27
Staggering post-modern words: Captivating ❗
Sam's heartfelt, genuine narration validates tales of heavy value: A gorgeous symphony of written expression.
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- S. M.
- 2020-05-27
It’s laugh out loud funny
Really loved this book! This was my first time reading Samantha Irby and I was so pleasantly surprised at how good it was. I plan on reading her other two books now.
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- Louise Querido
- 2022-02-21
Absolutely hilarious and touching!
Samantha Irby's unique character and experiences are enhanced by her wonderful voice and demeanour. I highly recommend it. I am a reader and writer and wouldn't normally listen to books, but this book has changed my mind. Fantastic. I can't wait for her next one!
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-08-25
Extremely funny!
As a 39 year old women turning 40 later this year, this hilarious book is exactly what I needed! Well Done! If you want to laugh… get the book!
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- hattie walls
- 2020-04-08
listen to this book. and then repeat. twice.
I adore this woman and will arm wrestle anyone who writes a nasty review and gives her the impression that she should ever stop writing hilarious shit for me to indulge in while I clean my bathroom or fold laundry or drive around town. If you don't love her, keep it to yourself. I need this lady in my life, so don't fuck this up for me.
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- leila
- 2020-09-11
Ok, what was the point?
I read a review of the book in New Yorker I believe. The review was so good that although I've always known that part of these kind of articles are just advertisement I convinced myself to listen to the book.
Unfortunately I could not find what the author wanted to say. At first it was interesting but then it was just some scattered information that I could not find a logical (or semi logical, or even dramatical) relation between the chapters. I could not even find what each chapter wanted to say itself. A whole chapter saying "Sure sex is good, but have you ever tried..."
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Probably if you are a fan of the author already you know her genre, but if you want to explore her works, be careful.
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- Elizabeth Adams
- 2020-04-29
Horrible
This would be funnier if she wasn’t the one narrating it. She’s completely void of emotion. The “funny” parts come across as depressed... I’m pretty sure she hates her life. I made it about 30% of the way through and had to stop. I hope everyone else has a better experience.
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- Singh Family
- 2020-03-31
Thank you for keeping me company while I live.
I mean. Samantha Irby is on fire, for good reason. This listen is comforting and challenging, bc so is she. Anyway, let me get back to work (I mean listening).
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- Sadie
- 2020-05-20
Meh. Self-Deprecating "Humor"
I was pretty excited to listen to this after reading reviews and following Roxanne Gay on Twitter, but I just wasn't feeling it. There is only so much one can say about the shitty aspects of getting older, and it was said in the first essay, then the second and then third and on and on. A lot of noticeable words were repeated essay to essay (something that irritates me endlessly), lots of complaining about the same things over and over, pretty negative vibes overall, and the self-deprecating attempts at humor just didn't resonate with me. I literally didn't laugh once, but did recognize several statements I've been trying to stop saying about myself in an effort to stop hating my body and feel healthier and happier.
I chose not to finish the book for these reasons, but man did I try!
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- S. Reysen
- 2020-05-06
omg!
During this Covid pandemic and lockdown, I needed a serious pick me up! Thanks so much for having an ironic and horrible life. Thanks for writing about it and making me laugh out loud!
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- kukz
- 2020-11-29
Not like other books
I’ve purchased all of the authors other audio books and listed to each one 3-5 times and I laugh each time. This book is the oddball. I think there is a bit where she does wonder about what she should write about... and it shows in the book. The bowel jokes here feel obligatory and most of the stories honestly sound like ones that didn’t make the cut for the first or second movie and were just thrown together here.
I recommended her writing to friends and one bought this novel and was confused and disappointed. I had to give a passionate defense of the hilarity of her other works. I still think the author is great but this book is not funny or real like the others.
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- Elizabeth
- 2020-06-24
Depressing
There were moments of relating to her stories but then it takes a slide to the always depressive side & she sounds like she hates HATES to be talking.
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- mary forrester
- 2020-04-27
Like time with a best friend
Samatha Irby stays open and raw every time I read her work. I like the way she can bring humor to even the most embarrassing situation. So adult.
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- AB
- 2020-05-04
My kinda gal - Great narration.
Love the irreverence. I wish I had the smarts to just 'tell it like I see it'. Loved this book. I also thought her narration completed the overall attitude of the book. I loved her attitude and it really enhanced the content.
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