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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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Summary: Why Did I Buy This?
Review: I'm a fairly tolerant reader, but I threw this book into the trash after finishing 2/3rds. Truly awful--sophomoric, dull, and pretentious...My book club selected it based on one member's recommendation--the others hated it so much that we only talked about the book for three minutes--that was as long as we could be polite.
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Summary: Can I get a refund?
Review: I bought the book with much anticipated expectation. Its reviews promised a funny-can't-put-down-must-read-book.
All I can say is that I read it. Now I want a refund so I can buy something REALLY FUNNY. And belive me, I LOVE DARK HUMOR. But this felt short. If your readers really want to read A FUNNY BOOK, READ "e" by Matt Beaumont or any of the three books by Margot Kaufman. Now THOSE are funny!
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Summary: self-exposure
Review: After reading this novel, I now wonder what Sedaris has left to write about. He has covered his family - through funny quips, anecdotes, and sidebars, throughout the rest of his novels, and continues on in this book. Although it was the typical amusing/fast read of a Sedaris, I perhaps was looking for something new or more by this point in his career. On the other hand, I couldn't rate it lower than 4 stars, being after all the amusing/fast read that I wanted/expected in the first place.
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Summary: Somewhat disappointing
Review: I imagine that, in person, David Sedaris is an absolute crackerjack storyteller. He has a gift for nuance and detail; unfortunately, in written form his stories seem to lack backbone. Throughout the entire book, I kept feeling as though a dimension was missing -- that the essays needed some animated hand gestures or verbal emphasis, to complete them. "The Youth in Asia", a long drawn-out paean to his family's pets, is not nearly as interesting as he thinks it is, and "I Almost Saw this Girl Get Killed" is almost interesting... but not quite. The other essays were better, but only the first one, "Go Carolina" was laugh-out-loud funny.
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