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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary (2010)

by David Sedaris(Favorite Author)

3.3 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1607886464 (ISBN13: 9781607889335)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Little, Brown & Company

review 1: This is the lowest rating that I've ever given a book by David Sedaris, who is one of my favorite authors. I really enjoyed the concept, and several stories in this book made me laugh out loud. But this book is unfortunately guilty of using animals as a stand-in for African Americans, a very old, offensive, and fundamentally uncreative trope. I would have expected better from this author. I also found the two references to step parents as uncaring or not "real" parents tiresome and unnecessary. Since I'm not aware that Sedaris himself has step parents, I wonder where this off-hand dismissal of them comes from, or if it is just an example unreflective stereotyping. The transition from non-fiction to fiction did not go smoothly for Sedaris in Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, b... moreut they can't all be winners, and I will continue to be a devoted fan.
review 2: The snarkiest animal-stories book you will ever read. Quite possibly the snarkiest book you'll ever find. I like David Sedaris, especially when I listen to his recorded books, which he reads himself. So, in general I appreciate snarky cleverness. This one is over the top. Insanely clever, spot-on commentary on human behavior (as told through animal characters), it is laugh-out-loud funny in spots. But it gets just a little too gross for me: just a few too many jokes about assholes and vomit.I would say this is only for the most diehard of Sedaris fans. less

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