We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.: Essays

She is still funny! If you can only buy two, buy this one and Meaty.Very strong first person account of humiliation, bodily betrayal, being rejected.She shows us, the will triumphs over all!I have bought ALL her books and she doesn't repeat herself.Genius.

Samantha Irby is real. She says the things most people won't even admit to themselves inside their own heads. It is refreshing.My wife has followed her blog for years and we discussed parts of the book with her while reading. Some themes are beautifully woven while some others recur throughout the book getting a little exhausting at times. That, however, is an opinion of someone who is not a NYT bestselling author. She is, and I will certainly recommend this to anyone who wants to read something written who possesses self awareness, wit, and an acceptance of reality versus the utopia we seem to be sold everywhere else. Thank you Sam Irby

I couldn't stop reading this collection of witty, funny, self-deprecating, bitter-sweet, painful, beautiful essays and devoured the entire thing in just over a day. Touching on topics of cat ownership, growing up poor, living in Chicago, being a black woman, being fat, having anxiety, and just trying to get through life without having to touch nature or deal with human beings. I didn't want to put this down. It reminded me a bit of Jenny Lawson's first book "Let's Pretend This Never Happened". Only with more snark (if that's possible). I'd highly recommend this if you need a laugh, need to identify, need to cry a bit, or just need something to delight in for a day as you rip through all the essays at lightening speed. You need this book in your life. Irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny, depressing, and just amazing

These essays were more often than not truly LOL funny. Some parts were disturbing and sad, and too realistic. Helen was typical, and the way Sam gave her a human personality was fitting. IDK if there was a ratings warning, but it would have been beneficial. Not for the faint of heart or the sanctimonious. I enjoyed this more than I thought that I would and I feel more than I should have.

One of the funniest books I have ever read. The chapter about her becoming a cat mom is especially laugh-out-loud hilarious! There are some very private things I wish she had not shared, but that may be because I am older and much more prudish. However, that did not stop me from enjoying (immensely!) Irby's amazing gifts for writing, story-telling, and hilarity. Don't let it stop you either. And, in any case, the book is not all fun and games. Irby uses humor to illuminate darkness, to soothe pain, and to prod us to look at things and think about things we'd rather not. So, while you're laughing your ass off, you will also being thinking, "Oh, crap. I hadn't thought about that . . .."

Part of what I really love about her writing is also why I hate it. She and I are so alike that sometimes it's painful to read. In other words Irby is brutally honest. I absolutely love her, which is why I can never meet her, can never let her know of my existence.From her IBS to her decision not to shave her body hair she will not spare you. I find this type of stark honesty refreshing. She's not a beauty guru, or some kind if pyramid scheming hun, she's not convincing you that you can visualize riches or Henry Cavill. In this way she is amazing and perfect.

Having never heard of Samantha Irby before, I took a gamble on this book. I found most of the book absolutely hilarious, like many other reviewers. I can identify quite a bit with her writing (and writing STYLE, I THOUGHT I WROTE THIS BOOK?>!$%*) as it is hilarious to me how much of her unfortunate choices I made, in much the same way. While many will find the stream-of-conscious writing style and her candor extremely off-putting -- I'm not sure how people can be offended by someone's explicitness in their own autobiographical writing -- but I found it inviting.The format of the book is rather simple: weight the front half with lots of funny-but-not-too-sad stories to get you hooked and then start peppering in all the #feelsbadman depressing stories about a decidedly awful life from an unfortunately sad person. Irby does not hide the fact that she's incredibly depressed and misanthropic, but sometimes, she lays it on WAY too thick. Way. Too. Thick. She doesn't like going outside, talking to other people, or just about anything else that involves leaving her apartment, and she makes damn sure that we readers know this (and that we know how much disdain she has for us, as people). About halfway through the book, you'll become more than comfortably acquainted with Irby's dislike for you (probably because you enjoy going outside) and how extremely sad and depressed she is practically all the time, which honestly made me feel awful for her, because I simply cannot fathom living like that.All that said, I really enjoyed the book.

funniest book ive ever read

We decided to read this book in my book club and it was a waste of time. The essays are annoying and there is nothing endearing about reading a 30-35 year old woman behaving like a teen in social situations.

So this is not going to be an objective review. I loved it because she writes about stuff that's deeply personal and makes it funny and I identify with some of her insecurities and fears. I feel like the way she writes is the way I think and I love that because I have like zero talent to write my feelings. Whenever someone asks me to explain myself I will shove this book into their hands and walk away.

Vraiment drôle, intelligent, très sarcastique, parfois émouvant. Très bonne lecture.

I love this woman. She is one of the few people I can say is laugh out loud funny. She has not had an easy life but she finds humor in everything - from attending yoga for pregnant women in spite of not being pregnant (she has crohns and severe arthritis and felt this would be the only yoga she could handle) to taking a swim class with the elderly to 'dealing' with her fathers ashes after almost 20 years to the trials and tribulations of her dating life, this book is hilarious all the way through. I would say she is not for those who's reading preferences are 'modest' as she does enter some raunchy and racy territory here.

Saw a few people posting about this online so when I was looking for a book to read on a 10 hour flight I ordered this.It was perfect. Totally relatable, funny, etc. Easy to pick up and out down due to each few pages being a kind of mini-story.