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Loading... Me Talk Pretty One Day (original 2000; edition 2001)by David Sedaris
Work detailsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (2000)
3 1/2 Stars (  )  Msmydaisy | May 4, 2013 |  Speech therapy, guitar lessons from a midget teacher, art school in Chicago, working for a NYC moving company, French lessons in Paris, Hugh in Africa. Seems much more uneven than the first one I read, Naked. Maybe because I can pick up bits of ostensible memoir that aren't true. He has a nasty edge sometimes. Growing up in his family was probably not much fun, after all. Right now I'm thinking: Maybe the Sedaris effect becomes diluted the more you read him. Looking at reviews here of other Sedaris books, I notice that many people say something along the lines of: "Not as funny as his X book" or "He's funnier on the radio." ( ) Periodista | May 2, 2013 | This book was extremely funny. It was a collection of stories about David Sedaris' life- with a bit of a focus on his speech, but mostly just humorous retellings of growing up, trying things out, and living abroad. I'd probably even enjoy rereading it. (  ) t1bnotown | Apr 21, 2013 | Very funny! I did laugh out loud several times. My family and co-workers were beginning to think I was nuts... so it's a good job I've finished before they had confirmation! I would have to say that stand-out favorites are: You can't kill the rooster Picka Pocketoni (If you've ever been an American living abroad you'd really find this one funny!) and Smart Guy ( ) Ameliapei | Apr 18, 2013 | Most of this book just got little chuckles out of me here and there. I just couldn't like the author, so that might be part of the reason I didn't like it more than I did. I would have given this two stars, but I had to bump it up to three because one chapter had me crying with laughter. Too bad those three pages were the only ones in the book that made me laugh like that. I added this book to my tear jerkers shelf, which was intended to be only for sad books, but I decided I could add in books that make me cry with laughter too. ( ) __Lindsey__ | Apr 17, 2013 |
 Whereas ''Naked'' reads like a series of overlapping autobiographical essays, this volume feels more like a collection of magazine pieces or columns on pressing matters like the care and feeding of family pets and the travails of dining in Manhattan. But if Mr. Sedaris sometimes sounds as though he were making do with leftover material, ''Talk Pretty'' still makes for diverting reading.  The gifted Sedaris has not been hard enough on himself. At the risk of sounding patronizing, I suspect there is a better writer in there than he is as yet willing to let out. This collection is, in its way, damned by its own ambitious embrace of variety; with so many pieces assembled, the stronger ones always punish the weaker... But reading or listening to David Sedaris is well worth the lulls for the thrills.
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