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Summary: a diVorCe distraction...plus
Review: onLy ONE person has an existence more tRiviaL than a woMan shunted foR the eternaL 27 YO...poor daviD stuck in his past...& yea, beholde, he has indeed become a fake 27 year olde. [sorry david...not you. i'M talking to myself.] youR travaiLs & traverses seemed more daunting than mine. then. & i needed it. good mediciNe i wish i kNew italiaN....
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Summary: Covered by Naked and Barrel Fever
Review: This makes an excellent gift or "Sedaris Starter" for the unsuspecting fan of David's twisted sense of humor and outlook on life. Most of the stories are reprints from his two previous books, "Naked" and "Barrel Fever". I received this book as a gift, and put it out during the holidays to judge how enlightened my holiday guests are. However, if you're looking to get a good sampling of David Sedaris's work, consider his two other books.
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Summary: Hands down, one of the funniest books I've ever read
Review: Whenever I come home with a Sedaris book, my husband knows I'm going to be reading most of it out loud to him. I have to, he's not a big reader and it's simply too brilliant not to be shared. "The Santaland Diaries" made me laugh so hard I almost wet myself and "Christmas Means Giving" is black humor at it's best (or worst depending how you look at it!) What I love about him it that you just never know what he's going to say next. Each of his stories start out normally, and then, he comes out with something completely off the wall and shocks you into hysteria. Although the characters are always audacious, there are some very real aspects to them as well which allows you to relate to something in each story in spite of the craziness of it all. Granted, some of the stories in this book are also in Barrel Fever, but I don't mind reading them again and consider it the price I must pay for getting the privilege of indulging in more of Sedaris' ingenious wit.
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Summary: It's okay
Review: NAKED: brilliant; BARREL FEVER: brilliant; HOLIDAYS ON ICE: okay. I really love NAKED and BARREL FEVER by David Sedaris; they are both outstanding books. HOLIDAYS ON ICE, however, could have been much better. 3 or the 6 stories in this short book appeared in NAKED and BARREL FEVER: there are onle 3 new stories in this collection. The 3 new stories are really not that good. HOLIDAYS ON ICE would make a good stocking stuffer, but don't buy it for yourself.
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Summary: Holidays on ice
Review: An oustanding and hilarious book describing holiday events. It describes well, normal people and families who shop at the last minute and whos children have holiday plays that bore your brains out. I highly recomend this book for anyone with the least bit sense of humor. Max
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Summary: Danger on the road
Review: My younger brother, who works at a bookstore, brought this audio book along on our road trip to Cleveland, Ohio. I really like David Sedaris' sister who is in "Stranger's with Candy", so I opted to listen to this tape. It was so hilarious, I cried. I got mascara in my eyes and almost had to pull over. I asked my brother to get out my inhaler(I have asthma)because I was laughing so hard. David is warped. I loved it! If you listen to this in the car, be careful while you are driving.
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Summary: Floyd, c'mon!
Review: "If the guy doesn't like being an elf, find other employment..but don't bother us." But Sedaris himself says that he took the elf job partly because he thought it was the most "frightening career opportunities" he had ever seen. And near the end he enjoys the holiday rush. Factual inaccuracies aside, this story is brilliantly and bitterly funny. The other five in this collection are wonderful and typical of Sedaris' ability to create full-bodied characters with acerbic twists. A nice small christmas gift to put under the tree. Not as essential as Barrel Fever, but a treat still.
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Summary: I only laughed 2 stars worth
Review: Two of Five stories were good. I first heard David Sedaris on NPR and laughed out loud then. He may have read the Front Row Center piece. I was happy to receive the new book on Christmas morning. I was naive to this depressed guy. I have learned from this book that Sedaris has a gloomy dark side. If he writes humor, great. These black essays are creative writing exercises for manic depressives, great ones though. The review does not report that these are such un-fun stories. That was my expectation and David did not deliver. I want my money back. ( Oh well, it was a gift ) Here is the editorial review which suggests that, "Holidays on Ice is a collection of three previously published stories matched with three newer ones, all, of course, on a Christmas theme. David Sedaris's darkly playful humor is another common thread through the book, worming its way through "Seasons Greetings to Our Friends and Family! '' a chipper suburban Christmas letter that spirals dizzily out of control".... Yea, and dizzyingly black and un-funny. Glad I did not buy it. Don't if you expect humor. Do if you want a collection of other stuff.
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Summary: Holidays on Ice
Review: A Christmas present and what a waste of time and money. "SantaLand Diaries" was boring at best. If the guy doesn't like being an elf, find other employment..but don't bother us. Please!
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Summary: Biting Holiday Humor
Review: It certainly does not take long to get through this collection of short stories, and you may even end up with a whole new view of the holidays! Sedaris used biting humor throughout to get his holiday message across. Some of the stories were more "enjoyable" than others-- I loved the SantaLand Diaries. The Christmas letter story was harsh but humorous and one based on a true story was over the top. Worth reading if you don't mind a lump of cynicism in your stocking this year!
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