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Title: 2.5 stars- I'm on the Fence
Review: I got "Me Talk Pretty One Day" with different expectations that I probably should have had. I was expecting a novel, but I got a bunch of short stories. I HATE short stories, but that's my own fault for not researching more before I picked it up, right?So, I grin and bear it for a few stories, but then feel like maybe I'm reading an Augusten Burroughs novel instead? I know technically "Me Talk..." came out at the same time as "Running With Scissors", both originally released in 2001, but the stories are so similar to Augusten's that I had to go back and check the covers. Yup. Sedaris. Okay... moving on.Yeah, he's funny. Sure he has some great moments. But, is he really as funny as HE thinks HE is?If I had read this book BEFORE reading Augusten Burroughs's books... maybe I would have loved it a little more. I honestly DID love "Naked" by Sedaris- laugh out loud funny.But "Me Talk..." just wasn't... good.
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