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Summary: Me glad this book is finished...
Review: I read this book for my local bookclub, and I must say that if I had never read it in my lifetime, I don't think I ever would have missed it. However, the essays were written well and most were funny. I would be interested in reading a full-fledged novel if David Sedaris ever chose to write one.Me Talk Pretty One Day is a book of autobiographical essays that tell the story of the author's childhood and the strange behavior of his parents in relation to jazz, food, dogs and so on. Other essays talk about the many jobs taken on by Sedaris, the move to Paris with his boyfriend, Hugh, and his life living in a foreign country. I laughed most of the time; however, the mediocre essays far outweighed the fabulous ones. My favorites are Go Carolina, You Can't Kill the Rooster, The Youth in Asia, Big Boy, The Last Show, and I'll Eat What He's Wearing. All the others had humor in them, but fell short of my own knee-slapping expectations. Of course, this is just one opinion and mine may not be of the popular variety. I am just the type of reader that enjoys novels more than short stories (or essays) and therefore did not find Me Talk Pretty One Day to be particularly fascinating. I don't regret reading it, but the hype was too much for me. Mr. Sedaris, call me when you have a novel out -- I'll be the first in line.
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Summary: A masterpiece!
Review: David Sedaris is hilarious. All of his essays made me laugh out loud, getting a few strange looks from my family. From lisp problems, to learning french, and being thought of as a pick pocketer, you will love this book!!
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Summary: Enjoyable with a few big laughs
Review: I really didn't think I would enjoy reading this book. I'm a married, 30-year-old mother from the midwest, so I didn't think I could really relate to the life of a middle-aged gay man living in France. However, I thought it was really good for the most part. Not all the essays were funny, but most were, and I laughed my butt off at "Jesus Shaves," particularly about the Easter bell. I found his honesty about his own shortcomings particularly refreshing.
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Summary: I giggle THINKING about it!
Review: My dad was the one who told me I should read this book. I wasn't convinced it would be good, because I usually hate nonfiction. It took me 3 months to finally pick up the book, and I'm glad I did! David Sedaris tells stories about his life with such wit you'll wonder why he was such a bad English teacher when he made the students watch soap operas!
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Summary: Me Talk Pretty One Day
Review: Sedaris has compiled a bunch of wonderful essays. Some definitely aren't as funny as others, but I got a good laugh out of "Picka Pocketoni". By being able to laugh at himself Sedaris has made it easy for us to laugh at him. I enjoyed his style of writing very much. Although there is no real plot to the book each essay is its own interesting story.
Even though I found this book very funny, it is easy to see that not every one would agree with me. I would definitely advise that you read the first chapter before you buy. The funny stories were great, but some you just read because they were there. I give this book four stars because it has good and not so good parts, and it would be easy to have a opposite opinion from me.
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Summary: This book is VERY GROOVY
Review: The book Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris, is an absolutely hilarious book. The whole time that I read it, I laughed. This book is a collection of humorous essays by Sedaris, based on episodes of his lifetime, which he took upon himself to embellish and make funnier.
My favorite parts of the book were his French speaking efforts. Teachers who hate him and would rather have a cesarean section than be with him and his problems learning the language make these sections funnier than most. Another good essay is 'The Fatty Suit,' in which his sister Amy wears a fat suit to make their father, who is obsessed with being in shape, upset.
Need a good laugh? Read this book. It is roll on the floor laugh your bum off funny.
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Summary: Me Talk Pretty One Day
Review: Me Talk Pretty One Day is a often hilarious book of collections of essays written by the author. It is beautifully written and captivating. The book is somewhat of a tragic comedy, beginning with his inability to pronounce the letter 's' due to a lisp. Going from that, the audience peers into his off center life. Strong descriptions and a real looks on life pulls the reader into the book until the last page.
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Summary: i came, i saw, i'm not impressed
Review: this was a decent book with a few funny lines but it does not compare to bukowski's "women" or palahniuk's "choke". i would recommend either of those books before mr sedaris' effort here. i will probably buy more of sedaris in the future because this was an entertaining novel.
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Summary: Laugh, Cry, Laugh...
Review: Painfully funny. This was my first Sedaris exposure, and not my last. The stories, the way he turns very sad moments in his life into wry, sarcastic learning experiences. The way he takes very funny moments in his life and seeks out the melancholy lessons... and his reading style makes this all the better.
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Summary: I Snarfed
Review: At first I was wary of a book containing the chapter heading "Jesus Shaves," but I loved it-- especially that story, in which Sedaris takes a French as a Second Language class in Paris, and the students use their fractured French to try to explain Easter to a fellow student. I did snarf while reading that chapter. On a plane. It was gross. His best writing comes when he is describing life with those he loves-- his parents, his sister, his boyfriend. It is that hint of, uh, domesticity which allows most of us a connection to his life, enough at least to laugh at what would be funny if we were there, too. We just couldn't tell the story as well.
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