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Summary: Smart, hip, and Hilarious...
Review: After reading this book, which, like many of Bill Bryson's collections of travel anecdotes, had me laughing out loud in compromising settings (midnight on plane flights, funerals, etc.), I immediately bought Naked, and Barrel Fever, and proceeded to read all three of these clever and entertaining books in less than a week. David Sedaris is just so funny and insightful that it is impossible to put down his books for a second without some amount of a struggle.Me Talk Pretty, itself, is a chronicle of several humorous escapades, as Sedaris navigates postmodern life with lightheartedness and perspective. Each segment is naturally hilarious, yet they all carry the weight and relevance of serious examinations of American (and world) culture. Sedaris crafts his writing with intimate clarity, and excellent comic timing to match the humor within each peice, such that it is a delight to read even the most sad parts, taking both entertainment, and a bit of Sedaris' unique perspective away from the work.
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Summary: 2 small books in one wrapper
Review: I love David Sedaris's writing and performances, So I couldn't wait to read this book. And I wasn't disappointed -- it's laugh-out-loud funny. But I *was* puzzled. The first half and the second half are two entirely different books. I found myself wondering if Sedaris had simply glued together two unrelated pieces so he could make deadline, or capitalize on his success, or just get the book done already. Hmmm. Well, both halves are fun and funny, so the book as a whole is a good read. But I wish Sedaris had taken his time and fleshed out both essays so we could have two books instead of one.
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Summary: just okay
Review: Too sarcastic for me! Hearing him read it was worse. He does sound like a little whimpy girl. Some parts were hillarious, but overall I didn't like it and wouldn't recommend it as a book club discussion book, or for the squeamish.
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Summary: Simply laugh out loud
Review: I feel jilted coming into this book, finding out he has written other books. I missed so much. I laughed out loud, and annoyed everyone around me by doing so! I have read other books that are said to be funny, this one left my sides spitting and my cheeks sore. Open minded and slightly twisted? This is a roar!
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Summary: Oh My Gosh!!
Review: I just heard David Sedaris read from this book on the David Letterman Show, and if the rest of the book is as funny as this it will be a good book! I alomst fell out of my chair laughing!! Oh my gosh i'm buying the book right now!
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Summary: A bit disappointing
Review: After breezing through Sedaris' previous three books -- all of which had me laughing out loud -- I found this fourth entry in his collection to be a bit of a non-starter. The second half of his essays, in which he details his experience as an ex-pat living with his boyfriend in France, whizzes by with typically sardonic Sedaris wit. But the first half felt stunted, tired, and a bit...dare I say it? Unfunny. I guess I expected a bit more. The droll humor didn't quite do it for me.
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Summary: A Nice addition to my Sedaris Collection...
Review: I am a Hard core Sedaris Fan. I have the books, the books read by author on tape and if the man is in New England, we travel to see him. Like many others, NPR and Ira Glass were my first conduit into the world of Sedaris. My personal treat about this book is that I was able to see the Author doing a Public Radio support tour, where he was reading many stories from this still to be published at the time book. He tried out some different versions of these edited stories and made no bones about the fact that he was trying these out on us to gauge their effect. His writing style is at times a bit uneven, but much more personal in this book than in the previous books. I did not find every story "Laugh out loud" funny, but I don't think that Sedaris has ever framed himself as a comedian. He's just a guy who fights Obsessive Compulsive disorder who grew up in an odd American Family - likes bizarre knick knacks and happens to be a gay man, with a tremedous talent for crafting words and phrases. Plus, once you hear his voice, you will never again read anything of his without hearing that reedy, oddly pitched voice humming away.
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Summary: The laughter nearly burst me
Review: I picked up this book right before a flight, and I spent the entire flight scaring the guy next to me, what with all my shaking, squeaking, and tears flowing from my eyes. I wanted to out-and-out guffaw, but I thought that a bit much in such a cramped space. First of all, I've seen the reviews here of people bitching that he doesn't really talk about Paris much. I beg pardon? Have you =heard= David Sedaris before? Did you think he wrote travelogues? Sedaris is a humorous, sardonic essayist, and almost all his essays are autobiographical. What do I mean almost, =all= of them are autobiographical. This book follows David from his childhood in Raleigh, to Chicago & New York (&somewhere else I can't remember, all I know is it involved hitchhiking), and then finally his escape to France, where he finds three French teens lying in the road in front of his house, supposedly waiting for Madonna to drop by to visit him (ha.) Many of these essays have been published in magazines like Esquire, and some form of most of these have also been heard on the public radio show "This American Life". He really knows how to exploit his material, and I admire him for that. Do =not= buy this to learn deep insights into the human soul, for crying out loud, do =not= buy this to be inspired, and unless you're an idiot, do =not= buy this to find out what living in France is like for an American. Buy this because you want to laugh uncontrollably, buy this because you like reading about people who have very strange lives, and buy this to see how writing should be done.
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Summary: Funny Read
Review: This book cracked me up. I bought it for a few of my friends... He is very synical, but VERY funny! I would read it again...
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Summary: Sedaris writes Funny but Repetitive
Review: I recently read "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and "Naked" (both by David Sedaris). Sedaris' style is very funny, tongue in cheek though some of the humor is extremely subtle. Anyone with a dry sense of humor will enjoy this, and gay men who can relate to the vignettes about growing up different will find it especially familiar. The later chapters of each book seem to have a sitcom-esque quality to them, though. The chapters seem to end where they began, as if they could be read in any order. Despite the subtlety of the humor, the comedy seems dull and repetitive by the end of the book. ...
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