Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris

2 reviews

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.25

   Another hilarious collection of stories about David Sedaris' life.
   This book was so funny, though a bit outdated. My favorite was the colonoscopy story, which is weird of me, but I think it was the funniest. Other than one of the stories at the end for students to read, because of how the son got his terrible mother to dress. 

Narrator Rating: 3.5
  The author did an okay job reading it, though his voice is kind of odd you get used to it.

Elemental Levels:  Fluff-NA   Heartfelt-2/5   Helpful-NA     Horror-NA    Inspiration-NA  
Love aka Romance-NA    Mystery-NA     Predictability-NA    Spice-NA    Suspense-NA   Tear- 0.5/5  
Thrill-NA  Humor-5/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Medical content, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Infertility, and Suicide

A lot of these are either in the little essays at the very end or because he's being brutally honest and accurate as to how people behaved when he was growing up aka the 60s-80s. I think that's why I found the colonoscopy story the funniest because it didn't include any of these but the medical content.

junefish's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use and Abortion

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Death of parent, and War