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Summary: boring
Review: Yuck! Someone said it was funny but I thought it was boring. I like his NPR show better.
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Summary: What ever happend to fear of blasphemy?
Review: The sales of this book are impressive. That is one criterion of book success. And considering the lugubrious books on the current New York Times best seller list, some comic relief might be in order. Does it make this reviewer laugh? Parts of it he finds amusing. Other parts,- to take the name of the Lord and to mix it with the vain language of the current time is something that is being done by other persons as well as Mr. Sedaris. Perhaps some publishers and book clubs like that? Does it violate the laws of the land? No. Does it violate something? Think about it.
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Summary: Left Speechless
Review: I am in highschool, and after an essay I wrote a teacher said i had the same writing style as David Sedaris. After browsing for hours in a bookstore(like I do every weekend), I came across the book. The title page was enough to bring me in. I had no idea what the book would be about, but i absolutly had to read it.
I was suprised at how funny it was. I started passing around the book showing my friends. Some of his characters even reminded me of my friends. I think overall the favorite chapter was, "You Can't Kill the Rooster". The way he portrays his brother is hilarious.
Dont be suprised if your absolutly drawn in by this book. Highschoolers love it, my teacher recommends it, and even my parents got laughs out of it. The book is so painstakingly true to life, anyone can relate.
I think my teacher gave me the best compliment anyone ever could. David Sedaris is one of the best writers out there. We read a couple chapters over lunch- I wouldnt advise that unless you have got some napkins handy.
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Summary: better than some, not as good as others
Review: this was an entertaining book with some humorous references. the book is choppy and doesn't really tell much of a story. it is written like a monologue. lots of one-liners and obscure references keep the reader chuckling (i usually don't chuckle much) but a great novel, this is not. i think a better purchase can be made with charles bukowski's "women". it is written in a similar style as "me talk pretty one day" and mixes some hilarious references that will keep you coming back for more. the main difference in these two books is that "women" tells a story. if you decide to read "women', you must have an open mind because much of the language and several references are graphic.
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Summary: A dark, sardonic, distinctive, and pleasantly warped
Review: David Sedaris's humor clearly appeals to a distinctive taste. Some times it is warped bordering on creepy (particularly in "Holidays on Ice"), but often his wry observations are very poignant. What I particularly appreciate is his ability to laugh at himself. He may poke fun at any and all, but he also doesn't take himself seriously.Having really enjoyed "Naked" I was very disappointed by the critical reviews in the press for "Me Talk Pretty One Day". Generally, reviewers flayed him for being too caustic and harshly criticizing Americans abroad now that he is an ex-pat. I am glad that I finally overcame my reluctance and read this book. I did not find "Me Talk Pretty" at all divergent from his other works; in fact it is equally satisfyiing. His wit here is consistently savage about the ignorant and rude, with an endearing appreciation of the quotidian and absurd. He continues to pugnaciously defend his right to an unhealthy habits, including tobacco and alcohol, and foods of dubious nutrition. Of course, appreciating Sedaris the reader has to recognize that he recognizes what is wrong and self destructive about these things and that he is mocking himself. Contrary to the prevailing opinion of the reviews (did they read the book or each other?) I didn't detect any sense that he has become a Francophile. In fact, his French hiatus has served as a foil that has enhanced his perspective on the United States, and has made his observations more insightful and he seems, in his own twisted way, to be more appreciative of many things here. I didn't enjoy every one of the essays; however, I didn't expect to either. Overall I did enjoy the collection, and while occasionally a bit too odd, I do find Sedaris's distinctive, absurd, and mostly sage humor quite refreshing.
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Summary: The funniest book I've ever read!
Review: David Sedaris has a wonderful talent of articulating his life throughout his novel. I normally don't laugh out loud at books, but in one chapter, I was laughing until tears were streaming down my face.
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Summary: I laughed 'til I cried
Review: I have read books, the way some people devour bags of potato chips, all of my life. In my younger, more pretentious days, I thought a book had to be depressing to be smart: Sartre's No Exit, Camus' The Stranger, Kafka's Metamorphosis, stepping stones to the masochism of reading feminist tracts, spiraling ever downward to the study of law and theology. Then a friend lent me a copy of Me Talk Pretty One Day., I've paid my dues in France and laughed like a madwoman at Mr. Sedaris' take on the language conundrum. I personally like myself and everyone else better when I'm in France for the reason he so brilliantly illustrates: I don't know enough French to understand when they're being nasty and I lack the vocabularly to wallow in my own customary cynicisms. In the chapter "Remembering My CHildhood on the Continent of Africa", the bit about the field trip to the Ethiopian slaughterhouse had me punching my fists into the couch pillows in a futile effort to stop laughing. Ditto, for his rant about eco-capitalism. I marked a half-dozen pages in a twenty-minute read so I could call friends and give them a laugh. Hot damn!
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Summary: He's the man...
Review: Sedaris does it again. From tales of learning French to some surprisingly poignant pieces, Sedaris's newest book is filled with the same funny, often venomous assaults on the masses. It's not as good as Barrel Fever, but it's still funnier than anything else out there.
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Summary: Not Very Funny
Review: A good book for easy reading, what you might want on a long day of traveling, for example. Read "The Rooster" before you buy. This is the best of the essays and captures his style pretty well. If you really like it, then maybe it's for you but like I said the essays won't get better than that. Not a laugh out loud book, in my experience, it made me smile a few times but it's not that funny.
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Summary: Pretty funny
Review: Gets quite a chuckle out of me - occasionally I come across a paragraph in his book that I don't expect, and just tears me up laughing!
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