Age: Adult
Genre: Fiction, short stories
Since I have
enjoyed two of David Sedaris’ other titles (Dress
Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and Me
Talk Pretty One Day) and laughed through two of his live readings, I
thought I would like Squirrel Seeks
Chipmunk. As a children’s writer myself, the idea of animal fables
especially peaked my interest. Oh, this’ll
be great! I thought. He’s totally
going to turn animal tales on their head and it’ll be hilarious! I could
not have been more disappointed. I kept reading story after story in this
collection, waiting for them to be funny. I kept telling myself, Okay, that one was weird, but the next one…the
next one will be when I laugh! Oh optimism, the unfortunate force that
keeps one trudging through something despite all sense telling one to stop and
spend time differently. I read all of Squirrel
Seeks Chipmunk and came away disgusted and disappointed. Some of the
stories were flat out gross, while the rest were just…well…not funny. I tried
to imagine them in Sedaris’s voice, but still couldn’t find anything to chuckle
about. I can’t help but wonder if I missed something here. I can’t even
recommend this to my close friend who is a huge Sedaris fan but avoided this
collection due to its fictional nature. Skip this one.
Bibliographic
Information:
Sedaris,
David. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk. New
York: Little, Brown and Company, 2010.
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