Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris

3 reviews

tecknicolour's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective

2.5

This is definitely not Sedaris' best work. A good chunk of the chapters were more like a bitter man complaining than the usual funny writing I expect from Sedaris. His takes on the BLM movement and the labour shortage just sound ignorant and uninformed. Though, there are a few great chapters in there. I listened to the audiobook, read by Sedaris himself. No one can deny his delivery of his work is excellent so I will commend him for that. The chapters that weren't good definitely made listening to this book a little longer than the others, but the good chapters had me busting out in laughter whilst doing work and chores. Definitely got some funny looks from my coworkers/fiancé.

I wouldn't pay for this book, but getting it from the library was worth it overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Gun violence, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Mass/school shootings, Incest, and Grief

Moderate: Police brutality, Fatphobia, Suicide, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Violence, and Transphobia

sara_bera's review

funny reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Outing, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual violence, and Suicide

radfordmanor's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Self harm, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Mental illness, Racism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Gaslighting