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When You are Engulfed by Flames by David Sedaris

ellenleuf's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

2.5

Detailed and funny stories from the authors life, but it didn’t really impact me or leave me with any deeper reflections.

chicola's review against another edition

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4.0

Hilarious. I was literally laughing out loud the whole way. Absurdity and normality mixed to their finest.

marcelabrina's review against another edition

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3.0

Listening to the audiobook (as all Sedaris should be "read") sporadically between road trips, so as to draw it out. Hit and miss so far, as I've already read a lot of these stories in Esquire and the New Yorker.

filesm's review against another edition

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3.0

It’s a good book but not a good Sedaris. Probably the most uncomfortable of his books because it’s racist and otherwise offensive at times, but when it’s good it’s good.

gsroney's review against another edition

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4.0

“Sometimes the sins you haven't committed are all you have left to hold onto”

dereadergal's review against another edition

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1.0

Not sure exactly what happened to me when reading this book, but I suddenly really didn't like it and scrapped attempting to read it all together. It was hard keeping up with the change in stories and I really couldn't get into any of the stories that much that I felt the need to keep on reading.

jenkittycatfrog's review against another edition

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4.0

Love David Sedaris! Some aspects were a little gross, but in true Sedaris form I found myself simultaneously squirming and laughing.

anyechka's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

charity1313's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective medium-paced

3.5

Not as much a favorite as some of the others, probably because of so many unreliable essays but still made me chuckle here and there. 

bayleaff's review against another edition

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5.0

I fucking love David Sedaris.