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Title: Bitterness is funny?
Review: I received this book and, given all the positive publicity, was anxious and excited to read it. However, I put it down after struggling through half of it, vowing not to finish it. Why? Because hidden beneath Sedaris' sarcastic, cynical approach to humor appears to be a bitterness against people, the world - life in general. Sure, if you like laughing at others, I suppose you would enjoy this book. He reminds me of a cynical, sarcastic Woody Allen. Using humor to basically say "See how smart I am? I'm making fun of YOU, the AVERAGE person, and you don't even know it!". Bitterness is not funny - it's just plain ugly.
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