A review by thequeengeek
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

This aged SO BADLY. There’s tons of ableism that made me uncomfortable (like the use of the r word and a description of developmental disabled kids as lolling and eyes rolling back in their heads, really awful stuff). There also seemed to be a wild amount of racism, including anti-Asian sentiment disguised as humor, the word Negro, and weird race jokes about St. Nick. It wasn’t even funny to me, either. I rarely react this strongly to something, but yeesh. It was enough to make me wonder how the other Sedaris I had read aged. 
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