PatMe Talk Pretty One Day
January 5th 2008 09:19
I hate not finishing books. It really pains me to have to set a book aside without struggling all the way through it, no matter how bad it is. I have struggled through some absolutely horrible books before. I once read a book by Terry Goodkind. I’m not kidding; I finished the whole damn thing, and that should give you some idea of the kind of tripe that I can plough through.
50 pages of this mess is all I could manage and it was hell from the very first page.
This book was a gift. The worst goddamn lousy gift I have ever received. Thanks Dad. Really glad that you gave me a book about the trials and tribulations of a young and homosexual David Sedaris struggling to come to grips with his sexuality throughout his formative years.
Because I didn’t even come close to finishing this book, I’m not really in a position to provide any kind of comprehensive review. All I can remember is that Sedaris minces from anecdote to anecdote dealing with the incredible issues of: preferring boys to girls (wow), preferring sewing to sports, preferring spending time with his mother and sisters instead of dudeing it up with his father and going hunting or to the pub or whatever it was that he was talking about.
Apart from that I can not recall a single issue of substance raised in the first 50 pages of this book. Once I reached that point, I literally threw the book across the room in disgust. Apparently, Sedaris goes on to discuss his education and eventually, his move to France with his partner, Hugh.
I couldn't have made up a funnier name in the circumstances than Hugh.
This book is a dull and one-dimensional diary of a dull and one-dimensional homosexual. It has no redeeming qualities in any way, shape or form.
ps. I’m personally 100% gay so I’m allowed to make fun of homosexuals, so don’t even start you jerks.
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Comment by Michaelie
Flick Wit
I find it really hard not to finish a book once I start too, even the really bad ones. In fact, the only one I haven't soldiered on with in recent years is Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, because each time I tried I became comatose a page in. I know she's supposed to be a genius, but I just can't read her work. Kew Gardens was bad enough and it's a short!
Michaelie
Comment by Pat 1
Books Are For Losers
Spectacular failure on my part; but let's face it, the blame rests mostly with her.
Comment by Michaelie
Flick Wit
Comment by secretwritersbusiness
Which is why when I get a book that blows me away (excuse the expression), I go beserk. Anne Enright's The Gathering - she won the Booker Prize for it, which I don't place much store by since so many books that win prizes are unreadable, but tihs one is ... astonishing.
Will def give Sedaris a wide berth.
Jo
Comment by Anonymous
By Jocelyn Smith.
1. Hugh
2. Spew
3. You
4. Yew
5. Dew
6. Pee-yew
7. Flew
8. Shoe
9. Too
10. To
11. Two
12. Clue
13. Cue
14. Glue
15. Poo
16. Do
17. Chew
18. Brew
19. Blue
20. Stew.
I think 'Hugh' sounds handsome and knows what he wants.