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Summary: Overall a good book
Review: "Me Talk Pretty One Day" is an apt title for Sedaris' well written book. After reading the reader is forced to admit that David has in fact learned to talk pretty through his lucid writting, yet his humor surpasses even his excellent grasp of the english language. The book would be amazing even if it had been written in simple declaritive sentences. The only problem I found with the book was that some of the stories started to drag on, and I wasnt engrossed as I was in some of his other books, notably Barrel Fever. Despite that flaw, David Sedaris' book easily deserves to be on everyone's shelf. The cost may be high, but you can't put a price on laughter...
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Summary: Irreverent; a very funny book
Review: The one and only real measure of success for a book like Me Talk Pretty One Day is whether or not it makes me laugh. And this book made me laugh.The tales are autobiographical and many are so outlandish that you wonder how much artistic license Sedaris takes in his tales of family life. But the result is consistently on-target, in a strange random kind of way. I found myself zipping through the lines of text eagerly awaiting the next irreverent insight that would crack me up. Among my favorite characters: the abusive French teacher (who comments "every day spent with you is like having a caesarian section") and Sedaris' foul mouthed rap music loving brother who calls himself "the Rooster" (many funny Rooster quotes, but none suitable to post in a this review.) There are few books that I've read that have truly made me laugh out loud, and this one ranks among the top. There is a bit of filler, but overall I was amazed that Sedaris was able to keep it up for the book's 270 page length. A very funny book.
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Summary: Great stuff, but try the audio casette version
Review: I'm not going to repeat in detail what is said in the many other excellent reviews here about the hilarity contained in "Me Talk Pretty One Day," except to say I agree 100% with these effusive takes on David Sedaris' latest effort. One highlight: I almost drove off the road listening to the accounts of Sedaris' French class with his sadistic teacher telling him - in English "I hate you. I hate every day with you. Each day with you is like giving birth by cesarean section." Now I don't know what that read like in the book, but I'm here to make a pitch for the audio casette version. Sedaris' voice, understated delivery, and hilarious imitations make the extra investment you'll need to purchase the tapes worth every cent. I'm sure 'Giants Dreams, Midget Abilities' is a hilarous read, but hearing him imitate his instructor, Mr. Mancini, will put your enjoyment of the tale on a whole different level. And there's Sedaris' Billy Holiday imation in the same tale...frankly, I had to compose myself to finish this review because I'm chuckling so hard remembering all this great stuff. Buy the tapes.
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Summary: Me Like--A Lot!
Review: If you like Dave Barry or Carl Hiaasen's geographical outlandish humor--you'll enjoy Me Talk Pretty One Day. Pity the poor Sedaris family. The things their famous relative writes about them -- in addition to what he says as a regular contributor to National Public Radio -- must have the clan in a state of permanent cringe. That is, if the situations in the latest collection of blisteringly funny pieces (28 in all) by the 43-year-old rapscallion David Sedaris were not so hillariously exaggerated. A sun-worshipping sister is lampooned for being "tanorexic," and he lists his mom's hobbies as smoking, napping and reading the works of kitsch-maestro Sidney Sheldon. Then there is Sedaris pére, a former IBM engineer, who, says the son, hoards food so obsessively that his closet still contains expired six-packs of Sego, the chalky chocolate diet drink of the 1960s. And what are we to make of the claim that in the author's childhood North Carolina household there was an unending turnover of pets, all afflicted with a failure to thrive? As he puts it, "Another day, another collar." Humor shining through a brilliantly twisted satirist.
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Summary: Probably not a good idea to read too much at once
Review: Just a cautionary note: I tried to read a bunch of Sedaris' stuff in rapid succession. I liked "Holidays on Ice" and "Naked" so much, I couldnt' wait for this one. Well, I should have probably stopped and read some Spalding Gray or something first. Cuz I have to admit, I got a little tired of it all. After so many adventures with the guy, his come-what-may narration and constant striving for failure, well, you start to agree with him. I'm not saying it's not a good book. By all means read it if you can. Just don't OD on it, or like me, you will have a hard time appreciating it.
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Summary: Hilarious collection of essays...
Review: I have heard David Sedaris on PRI's "This American Life" a few times, and was always sad when his autobiographical essays would come to an end. Always the highlight of any show in which they were featured, these hysterical accounts of expatriate living in France, growing up in North Carolina or what have you even forced me to pull my car over one day for fear of laughing myself into an accident. This collection of essays incites the same feelings, though thankfully this time I don't have to fear a collision while I enjoy them.
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Summary: original, warm and funny
Review: I enjoyed this book very much and (after hearing excerps) my 15 year old son was chomping at the bit to have it. It is a very funny book. And I am not one of those people who think everything is funny. I am quite picky. The author lets you know that he is gay in the most natural way and that was nice, too. I loved the endearing way that he wrote about his quirky family. (By the way, my 15 year old loved it, too.)
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Summary: The Funniest Book this Year
Review: I read David Sedaris' book NAKED this past summer. Now, I have to read it for a class I am taking at UMass-Amherst. So, to get a discussion going on the writer, I decided to pick up his newest book. All I can say is that this book was hilarious. My favorite story was "Go Carolina." It was about David and his speech impediment. I could relate to this story because I had a speech problem when I was young. The first half of the book deals with David living in the US, and then goes into his life in France with his boyfriend Hugh. All of his stories are entertaining. The most memorable people in the book were David's father and his sister Amy. I hope David Sedaris continues writing witty and memorable stories like in ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY and NAKED.
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Summary: Because My Mom Won't Write It
Review: My mom bought this book for me, and after I told her it was one of the funniest things I've ever read, she decided she'd better read it, too. I'm writing this because, while she was reading the chapter on Easter, I could hear strange hiccuping giggles comming from her room, and I decided I'd better investigate. I looked in, and my mom was beet-red from laughing too hard and mopping at her eyes with tissues. Apparently, she laughed so hard that her eye cream melted into her eyes, and although it hurt, she just couldn't stop laughing. Eventually, my whole family came in and just gathered around watching her laugh herself stupid. So yes, it's very very funny, but make sure you have an open mind towards drugs and sexuality before you read it. He never comes right out and says that he's gay or anything like that, but if you're gonna have a problem with gay relationships, don't buy this book. Because then you'd come onto Amazon and give it a bad review, and none of us want that for this extremely funny and well written book.
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Summary: Why Isn't My Life This Exciting?
Review: Something must have been in the drinking water at the Sedaris' home some years ago. Although we all have family/life stories to share, most of ours are nothing like David's. His comic bathroom struggle to dispose of an un-claimed... out of fear that the next in line will believe it to be his, is hi-LAR-ious! I like the way that David views life.
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