Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris

9 reviews

rgallo's review

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism

brianreadsbooks's review

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.25

   Another hilarious collection of stories about David Sedaris' life.
   This book was so funny, though a bit outdated. My favorite was the colonoscopy story, which is weird of me, but I think it was the funniest. Other than one of the stories at the end for students to read, because of how the son got his terrible mother to dress. 

Narrator Rating: 3.5
  The author did an okay job reading it, though his voice is kind of odd you get used to it.

Elemental Levels:  Fluff-NA   Heartfelt-2/5   Helpful-NA     Horror-NA    Inspiration-NA  
Love aka Romance-NA    Mystery-NA     Predictability-NA    Spice-NA    Suspense-NA   Tear- 0.5/5  
Thrill-NA  Humor-5/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Murder, Cursing, Medical content, Ableism, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Body shaming, and Death

Minor: Cancer, Infertility, Animal death, Suicide, and Child death

A lot of these are either in the little essays at the very end or because he's being brutally honest and accurate as to how people behaved when he was growing up aka the 60s-80s. I think that's why I found the colonoscopy story the funniest because it didn't include any of these but the medical content.

annaonthepage's review against another edition

The racism is wild... I couldn't keep listening to the mixture of cruelty and white saviour complex in this at all. Not funny, just awful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

muffmacguff's review

dark emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

3.0

It’s been a long time since I’ve read a David Sedaris book through. I can’t remember if I read this one before or just a couple of the stories that ran in like The New Yorker previously. Anyway, basically what I expect from him now - some really charming and funny stories, some misanthropy that goes beyond tolerable, and enough cultural insensitivity to make me squirm. This one also includes some strictly-fiction short stories and I really hate his fiction. I think they reveal a casual disdain for people that’s only hinted at in his essays. So, whatever. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

miss_granger07's review

adventurous funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Alcoholism, and Cursing

Minor: Pregnancy, Murder, Abortion, Rape, and Infertility

ashleycmms's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Racism, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Murder, Infertility, Cancer, and Medical content

Horrible. Not funny, just offensive. Don’t even bother.

rinewithoutacat's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, and Transphobia

sonofjorgen's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism