“Quietly Hostile” by Samantha Irby (2022)

“This is not an advice book.”

I don’t know anything about Samantha Irby (or didn’t before picking up this book anyway) but since skunks are my favourite animals, and my attitude to the general public after a life in customer service can be described as “quietly hostile”, I was compelled to pick up this book anyway.

This is a collection of humorous essays by Samantha Irby, an American writer who has absolutely no filter. Be it her sexual proclivities, bowel movements or her favourite pornography,...