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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism, Racism
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Things I liked:
- Sedaris has such a wit about his writing. This is autobiographical in nature, and even for stories that I couldn't necessarily relate to, I still found them engaging.
- I truly enjoyed 95% of the stories contained within this collection.
Things I disliked:
- As with any collection, there's likely to be stories you don't like. While there wasn't as much of those, they still were there. This included the last story in the collection which is a shame to end on a low note.
Consigliatissimo se si è tristi, ma anche se si è felici perché è semplicemente esilarante, come ogni libro di Sedaris. Tra i più divertenti sicuramente “Tra i sei e gli otto uomini neri” e “Possesso”.
Hilarious. Everything David Sedaris writes is hilarious. Speaking of which, I was reading "Things White People Like" and one of the items is "David Sedaris."
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
He has the kind of dark humour that I like, but not so much with his worldview.
I really liked this book. It celebrates the mundane and the strange.
What was particularly interesting to me about this collection of essays was that Sedaris (since the essays are autobiographical, the author is the narrator) seemed to, at times, observe his family as if he were an outsider -- while he at other times shows that there are things that would make no sense at all to people who did not belong to his family. With this, the book gives the reader a sense of intimacy and inclusion, while simultaneously making sure that the flaws and absurdities of all characters are clearly visible. "Dress Your Family" is mainly about the divides and differences between relatives, about what binds them together, and about how one may struggle to position oneself and construct an identity in relation to their family. On top of that, it also explores to a certain extent the pervasive impact that an obsessive-compulsive disorder can have on one's life. A fun and interesting collection of stories both mundane and insane.