Me Talk Pretty One Day

Kira Hamblin

Holiday Book Review:

“Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris

            The autobiography Me Talk Pretty One Day by the author, comedian and humorist David Sedaris is a wonderfully written book that depicts Sedaris’ life from childhood to himself today. The book runs the course of him in as peculiar young child, to his bizarre career path and finally to his move to France. The book written in 2000 is a collection of essays written by the author about his life.

            Through out every essay in the book there is an underlying theme of him reasoning for his sexuality. He explores even in the first essay how even as a fifth grader he knew he was different from the other kids. Sedaris has a wonderful voice in the autobiography, and brilliantly form his autobiography into multiple short stories that have defined his life.

            Not only does the author have a pleasing way of telling stories, but also he formats them in an order that after every chapter it feels like you are digging deeper into his brain. He skillfully combines the dark satirical language with a hard-hitting hilarious punch line, which makes it incredibly enjoyable to read.

            I recommend this book to someone who maybe doesn’t want to read a large novel and is looking for a book that changes paces and doesn’t continue on with same story. I for one am the kind of person who likes to mix it up, and enjoys that every essay is different. Sedaris is a genius in terms of how he formatted his autobiography; easily keeping people engaged and excited to read about his life. An author who can successfully portray his or her life in an easily read way is impressive and truly shows how talented an author is.  I highly recommend the book Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris, to those who like comedic and sometimes-dark humor writing, and those looking for a good read that will keep you intrigued and want to keep reading.