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A review by daylightgate
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
4.0
I find David Sedaris to be a very cosy writer - he bristles and moans, but I find myself doing the same thing in time. The experience of reading or listening to his books has become something essentially familiar and I keep them on stand-by for depressive days. I find his personality - or at least his persona - inherently charming, and will enjoy essentially any essays he puts out. Consider it a personality flaw on my end.
As to the fiction, I feel like they're going to get a lot of flak; as pieces of straight fiction, they're hardly outstanding. Forensic pieces, though? That is brilliant. Having briefly been a forensics participant, I could just about see the steely-eyed determination of an obviously gay 13-year old boy as he blocks each line. They are what they are to a hilariously perfect pitch.
The dog poem, however....
As to the fiction, I feel like they're going to get a lot of flak; as pieces of straight fiction, they're hardly outstanding. Forensic pieces, though? That is brilliant. Having briefly been a forensics participant, I could just about see the steely-eyed determination of an obviously gay 13-year old boy as he blocks each line. They are what they are to a hilariously perfect pitch.
The dog poem, however....