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rockythefreak's review against another edition
When Sedaris' is the butt of the joke, it calls to mind unfunny teenagers that self-deprecate to garner a pity laugh. When others are the butt of a joke, he's punching down, like when he mocks Japanese children's accents and the clothes his guitar teacher wears since he's a little person.
One truly disgusting "joke" suggests (child sexual abuse)
Run, don't walk, away from this garbage. I'm glad for what I got out of the one essay I enjoyed. This shit aged like milk.
Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Ableism, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Bullying, Animal death, Homophobia, and Outing
ashleycmms's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Bullying
Moderate: Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, and Animal death
chandle5's review
1.5
Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, and Ableism
Moderate: Homophobia, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
sashagalkina's review
I think I'm just a sensitive person because with the light style he should be an easy read. For me, Sedaris is not an easy read. Throughout the first few chapters, I struggled with the flat, coarse language,
Props to Sedaris (provided these are all true) for pulling his life together cause it seems like a broken beginning but as for the book itself, it left a bitter taste in my mouth and soul. For me, it was more sad than funny.
Moderate: Drug use and Animal death
nicolaparty's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Animal death and Drug abuse
Minor: Body shaming
anxiousanura's review against another edition
3.0
The book wasn't bad. It just wasn't anything to write home about either. The anecdotes about his sister, Amy, and partner, Hugh, were the most interesting in the entire book and the most fun. The rest were mildly amusing. It's a good read for a slow afternoon if you have nothing better to do. I would suggest borrowing it from the library rather than buying it yourself.
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Ableism, Xenophobia, Violence, Death, and Animal death
Minor: Animal cruelty, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Rape, Sexual content, and Vomit
Ableism