Holidays on Ice

I like the non-fiction stories so much better than the fiction; if this was just the non-fiction it would be a solid 5 stars.

First off, the “edition” I have lists on one of the the inside title page that it contains 6 new stories (from his other books), which are not mentioned on the actual cover.

I really liked the “SantaLand Diaries” (the first part), but I did not like the “Season's Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!!” story at all; it was way too dark and twisted. The rest of the original 6 were pretty good. The 6 from the other books were all pretty good and they had a note of familiarity about them, which when reading I chalked up to having heard them as segments on NPR, but when I looked at the copyright page, is when I realized why they looked familiar–I had read them before in his other books.

Ok, I have a confession to make, I only made it about half-way through this book. I just couldn't take any more of it, and I don't take abandonment of books lightly. I know there are many people out there who love David Sedaris and love this book (at least there are on Amazon) but I am not one of them.

I give this book one star because I couldn't give it zero stars for being offensive, unenlightening, boring, and just humorless in general. If you want to read my reasons why you can at: https://collectedstoriescom.wordpress.com/2017/12/22/book-review-holidays-on-ice/