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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
Ah David Sedaris. Love this guy. This is much more like the David Sedaris we all know and love. I read his diaries earlier this year, entertaining but not quite the voice I look for when reading his stuff. I also read the Santaland Diaries before that and thought they were too dark. But this. This is what I like. Stories about ordinary life things with his humor and candor and told only in a way he can tell.
I love feeling like a fly on the wall when he describes hanging out with his family at their beach house. I like knowing what he bickers with Hugh about. I found a picture of Carol on Twitter and loved it even more. I felt every word he said about his feelings right after the election.
I love how each chapter brings different mood, ranging from the silliness of playing Sorry! with his niece to the regret and wonder regarding his mom and sister.
My favorite and most memorable story is the one with the turtle and the tumor. Just read it.
I love feeling like a fly on the wall when he describes hanging out with his family at their beach house. I like knowing what he bickers with Hugh about. I found a picture of Carol on Twitter and loved it even more. I felt every word he said about his feelings right after the election.
I love how each chapter brings different mood, ranging from the silliness of playing Sorry! with his niece to the regret and wonder regarding his mom and sister.
My favorite and most memorable story is the one with the turtle and the tumor. Just read it.
2.5 - This book has a lot of great laugh out loud moments as well as some heartwarming and somber. Sedaris does good job balancing the harder moments of life with some levity, but ultimately the book felt it was lacking a central thesis (or maybe I was too dense to pick up on it, this is a very real possibility). This lack of focus made the collection of stories feel somehow a tad repetitive and disjointed at the same time, but ultimately I’m glad I read it and would gladly read more of Sedaris’s work.
Calypso was on my TBR for maybe 3 years and I finally got my hands on it. I really enjoyed this book and laughed out loud many times. David’s family is nuts and make for some really great stories.
The one about the Fitbit, the one about shopping for outrageous items, and the one about his gastrointestinal virus were golden, just to list a few.
David doesn’t take himself too seriously and his sense of humor shines through his writing. The story telling is compelling and each read is quick enough that you don’t get bored of it. The snapping turtle was also another very interesting tale. The pieces about his mother and Tiffany and the reflection on his relationships with his family and Hugh and just random people all make him seem like an interesting, funny, and very likeable person. I definitely want to read more from Sedaris after this one.
The one about the Fitbit, the one about shopping for outrageous items, and the one about his gastrointestinal virus were golden, just to list a few.
David doesn’t take himself too seriously and his sense of humor shines through his writing. The story telling is compelling and each read is quick enough that you don’t get bored of it. The snapping turtle was also another very interesting tale. The pieces about his mother and Tiffany and the reflection on his relationships with his family and Hugh and just random people all make him seem like an interesting, funny, and very likeable person. I definitely want to read more from Sedaris after this one.
I feel like this might have be his best so far...
Consuming this via audio book is a real treat, and I was sad when it was over.
I wish I could have given it a 3.5. It was a very good, very fun read.