Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris

5 reviews

iaproton's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

Minor: Cursing and Alcohol

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   This book was so funny, though a bit outdated.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.

bookishaddictions's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense fast-paced

2.0

I randomly stumbled upon this audiobook while searching Libby for something to listen to with my fiancé…. It was odd, to say the least. Sedaris chose to tell stories that are all over the place, and they often left us both looking at each other and wondering what kind of drugs Sedaris was on while writing. The stories range from more mundane experiences- like visiting a dentist- to audio from his comedy performances. I can’t say I needed to hear this book though; while I believe every story is worth telling, this one was one I could have personally lived without hearing. Who knows though; someone is his target audience, so that might be you 🤷🏼‍♀️😬

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

hmih's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Xenophobia, Grief, and Alcohol

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, and Murder

Horrible. Not funny, just offensive. Don’t even bother.