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ellarend's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse and Suicide
geraldinerowe's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
4.75
This is possibly David Sedaris's darkest collection of essays, covering among other topics his sister's suicide and his father's decline into old age. It also has very moving passages: remembering his last conversation with his sister, his changing relationship with his father, and the way he dealt (or rather didn't) with his mother's alcoholism. And yet it also manages to be one of his funniest. Be prepared for some frank lavatorial humour though. And worse.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Excrement, and Vomit
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, and Death
Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, and Rape