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Summary: Mild amusement only
Review: David Sidaris' "Me Talk Pretty One Day" is the literary equivalent of Wonder Bread: fluffy, popular, palatable perhaps, but in the end unfulfilling. Without question, Sedaris has a curious family and background; his sense of humor (such as it is) is understandable both as to its origins and its indispensability. What is surprising is that this persona , sounding so much like the voice of a bright freshman who's found his way into a narrative lit class, is actually coming from a middle-aged boomer. A literary guise? Some irony-building device? Well, having seen the author on late night recently, I think not. This is the man, a timid milquetoast befuddled by much of the adult world. Paging Walter Mitty....This book is a mildly amusing diversion of a man whose stunted vision shrinks before large ideas, diverse cultures, and experiences beyond his own deafening self-absorption. I was expecting much more.
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Summary: yadda yadda yadda
Review: Sedaris is going to crash and burn when he runs out of the same repetitive boring simpleton (enough adjectives?) stories about his inane family and romps in the world. This book should be called Barrel Fever 2 or Naked 2 - the sequel. I'm going to hurl if I read about Amy Sedaris' shenanegans and the simple humor that the world has embraced. You're better off watching the Brady Bunch for the same kind of knee-slapping humor. Yawn.
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Summary: Embarassing
Review: If you don't like laughing out loud in public with tears rolling down your cheeks, don't read this book. I hate to read out loud, but I ran to my wife to read Sedaris' stories to her. I started reading this book on an airplane and found I couldn't wait to get home to share some of these precious, hilarious stories with her.
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Summary: An ex-looser is now a great writer
Review: I bought this book at an airport assuming I was going to read it after I finished the one I had midway completed. I had to change my plans, I was having so much fun with his stories that I could not put it down. He surely made me laugh with his less than perfect life. It is lovable to read someone who can laugh at his past and allow us do that at the same time. I have a lot of compassion for the author father though. I would not allow my teenage kid to read it, the reference to drug use is very graphic and I got the underlying message that you can come up right from drugs without any grueling effort.
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Summary: Me thought funny EVERY day
Review: This book has made me laugh more than any book I have ever read. I was constantly interrupting my husband's work to say, "you have to read this." I would read him bits and he would be cracking up. Every ounce of his commentary on the world around him is just histerical and so true. He can turn even something as tragic as drug abuse into sidesplitting humor. I couldn't pick a favorite chapter because each one is as funny as the last. I plan to pass this book along to all of my friends and family. Anyone with a sense of humor, and even those without one, will fall over laughing.
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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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