Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris

27 reviews

uncommonhussy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, Drug use, Incest, Sexism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Body shaming, Sexual assault, and Grief

Minor: Mental illness, Medical content, and Suicide

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

butlerebecca's review

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Death, Death of parent, Incest, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide

leefox's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicide

sasdaly's review

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

allisonplus's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, and Dementia

Minor: Bullying, Suicide, and Addiction

tlholmes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Terminal illness

abigailgrims's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Excrement

Minor: Suicide

hannahcomer4d's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

3.0

It wasn't terrible. It had some high points, and it had some very low points.

Sedaris's work is usually much funnier, which in turn makes any serious conclusions pack a harder punch. Perhaps because this one dealt so much with complex grief, it had a harder time hitting both the funny parts and the serious parts.

As someone who's been reading Sedaris for years, I appreciated what he did here, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who isn't already familiar with his work. Read Me Talk Pretty One Day or When You Are Engulfed in Flames, then make your way to this one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

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