Naked by David Sedaris Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Naked
Book Review: A jump-on-a-hotel-mattess-yippeeeeee-experience!
Summary: 5 Stars
Don't ask, don't tell should be the subtitle. Don't ask what it's about (everything? nothing?) and don't tell him, Sedaris, that he's a genius because I have the sneaking suspicion that his wit comes from a place rooted in childhood insecurity. The more confused, lost, and misunderstood he is, the funnier the essay. This is the best collection of essays I have ever read. Period. Laugh out loud, kick my partner at 3:00AM to read aloud a passage, call all my friends funny.Book Review: A little old lady thought I was in pain.
Summary: 5 Stars
I started the book at a bus stop just a few blocks from a major hospital. At the bottom of the first page, tears streaming down my cheeks, a little old lady asked me how long before our bus would arrive- she figured I must be on the way to the hospital because I looked like I was in pain.Although I completely enjoyed the book I did have a few problem areas. I think the difficulty all stems from having heard those sections on 'This American Life' on NPR and they were all still well worth the reading. Having been an outsider visiting a nudist camp I can identify with EVERY one of his observations right down to racial and body piercing attitudes. I can't wait for more!
Book Review: A mediocre biography
Summary: 3 Stars
Even though I managed to finish reading the book, it was not nearly as funny as many reviewers and critics had described. I did not enjoy a few chapters describing trailer park lifestyle as well as the end of the book with too many details of the nudists' weekend attractions. Overall, if you are looking for something very funny and entertaining, I would not recommend this book.Book Review: A must read for those of us who wonder about our gene pool..
Summary: 5 Stars
BUY THIS BOOK! It's a great easy read, one that will have you laughing at Sedaris' upbringing and cause you to reflect humorously on your own - no matter if it was disfunctional or "Leave It To Beaver"esque.....Book Review: A pretty good book
Summary: 3 Stars
I think that this is a great book for travel. It is a quick read with a lot of amusing moments in it. Sedaris' style is self-depricating and quick witted, and I believe he as a gift for hyperbole. I didn't find this book to be as hilarious as everyone else, apparently. There were passages which caused me to laugh, but overall, I thought that the book had a lot of what would be outright depressing subjects; it is only because of the author's tongue-in-cheeck style that these topics were manageably wrangled into fodder for amusement.