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Summary: Relaxation and a Good Read
Review: Me Talk Pretty One Day is a quick and easy read that is best taken in small bites. Sedaris' style lends itself to quick reading, but that doesn't mean you should necessarily read the entire book in one sitting. The best short bites the book has to offer are the first essay about Sedaris' speech impediment and the essays in the back which deal with his adjustment to France and his attempt to learn French. Feel free to skip the essays about his brief life as an artist and as a teacher. They are both unsettling in that they make one pity the author, and they are not as entertaining as they could be.
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Summary: Funny, But....
Review: David Sedaris' Me Talk Pretty One Day is a very amusing collection of essays that I enjoyed, so long as I read them one or two at a time. I personally found, after reading more than that, that Sedaris's narcissism started getting on my nerves. That being said, these essays are very amusing, some more than others of course. A good portion of them concern his move to France, although many focus on his family. Sedaris story telling style relies heavily on the humorous exaggeration, and for the most part it works. Again though, after too many essays, it may grate on your nerves. This book is a fun read, definitely nontaxing (for instance, I was easily able to read these essays in a moving car (I wasn't driving)). Enjoy.
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Summary: Me laugh long time
Review: There's something to be said for mindless novels now and then. 'Me Talk Pretty One Day' will not be a contendor for the next Pulitzer Prize due to it's ground breaking literary contention, but it will make you laugh for a little while. The novel and it's author display an amazingly eccentric ability for not ALWAYS taking life so seriously. Through this collection of short essays, David Sedaris (often heard on NPR) takes us through his malfunctioned childhood in North Carolina, his drug induced and somewhat irresponsible twenties to his days of living in New York and Paris in his early and late thirties. Tons of quaint anecdotes throughout his life are comprised to make this quirky (and sometimes humurously perverse) story, it is an excellent and refreshing break from the more serious novles, and most certainly deserves it's place on the NY Times Best seller list. Although not my normal stlye of reading, I would certainly reccomend this novel to anyone. It's short, quick, easy to read, plus you get the bonus of a non-fiction reading choice that reads like a soap opera. Some may find it a little idiotic, but the truth is that Sedaris thinks the same zany many of us do, we just don't admit it as openly. It's quite a refreshing change of pace during such serious times and will cause the reader to remember how much fun it is to laugh at your self once in a while.
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Summary: Alchoholics and Speach Impetiments - Thats Funny
Review: "Me Talk Pretty One Day" is a compliation of short stories, and memories written by David Sedaris. Beginning at the age of 5, the book follow's his life up until the present. Written with sarcastically dry humor and wit, every chapter is more riduclous and hilarious than the last. I had been imatiantly awaiting a follow-up on "Naked," which consisits of the same ideas and memories as this book. I didn't think anything could top "Naked," but this one is way up there.
The first chapter is about Sedaris' speach impetiments when he was a child, and his first cruel, cruel, speech therapist, who, in his own words " Would be much happier giving random root canals to the school girls in Africa than actually doing her job." Such topics are the basis of every chapter; they range from his crazy parents and siblings to the midget guitar teacher his father hired for him when he was 12.
Though there are several reasons why I enjoyed this book, the main one would have to be Sedaris' "real life" writing style. His childhood growing up sounded like hell; his mother was an alchoholic, he didn't have any friends and what not, but somhow, his writing style and techniques make it all hilarious. I think if anyone else wrote about this life, it would have sounded depressing and scary.
So, if you're feeling sorry for yourself, dealing with a mid-life crisis, or just bored, you should definatly read this book.
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Summary: For those who appreciate the absurd
Review: The first half of the book is good reading if you appreciate the absurdities of life. If you struggled to fit in (or struggled keep from it), you will appreciate his scenarios.
The second half is brilliantly funny. His experiences with the French language had me in tears and gasping for breath.
Even as a straight, married, parent of two young children, I can identify with (and laugh at) what the author goes through.
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Summary: Depressing and Offensive
Review: I know Sedaris from his work at NPR. On radio he can be funny, but reading about his empty and sad life was depressing. Sedaris'claim that meth harms no one was offensive and flat out wrong. Meth has absolutely devastated many individuals, families, and small towns in the Western USA. Meth labs are also an environmental disaster with toxic chemicals being dumped into landfills all over the West.
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Summary: This book made me happy...
Review: Enough has been said about this book that I don't really need to tell you I laughed out loud constantly, or that Sedaris has mastered that rare feat of being funny AND literary all in the same book. My only regret is that I didn't get this on audiotape so I could hear him reading these himself... Sedaris' own voice lends a unique dimension to all his stories. Looking forward to experiencing more great stuff from him!
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Summary: ha.
Review: better than his other books. i thought naked was boring and weird, a little self indulgent. this is really funny and interesting. stories about his dad are both funny and touching, and the essay about his brother the rooster is classic. check it out.
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Summary: I didn't catch you talk pretty one day...-.-;
Review: First of all, props to Sedaris for revealing so much about his life.... It wouldn't have been easy. Especially about his dark days when he abused drugs and what not. When I picked up this book, I saw all the quotes of reviews on and insides the book. The reviews were very favorable. They all said that this book is so funny that you won't stop laughing. I guess it wouldn't be a lie if I said that I decided to read this book solely on the reviews. Maybe that was my mistake. Maybe I just didn't get what Sedaris was talking about. The book did have some clever and funny parts. But I didn't think that the book lived up to my expectations.
Me talk pretty one day actually pretty easy to read. I liked how Sedaris did not use big fancy words to impress who knows what? Oh, I appreciated how he talked about the drugs he had used. It was as if I was right next to him when he was high. Naturally, I promised again to myself that I really shouldn't touch any drugs.
Even though his stories can get very strange, Sedaris does a very good job in painting a picture in readers' minds of what is going on in his life.
The part of the book I enjoyed most was his childhood life. His odd interpretation of the world was very interesting and also hilarious. But I was disappointed as the story went on.
I recommend this book to anyone who is open minded about life. This book is amusing and makes you appreciate YOUR LIFE! When you read this book, you just compare your life with Sedaris's and you will thank God you're not David Sedaris.
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Summary: Rip-roarer!
Review: Although I struggled through the first few pages, I soon found myself laughing, crying and ROFL (rolling on the floor laughing) during Sedaris' descriptions of his life, his family and his travels (in France). HIGH MARKS to this one. Recommended for anyone who enjoys an irreverant journey through one man's life experience.
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