Club lauded the book's humor as "down-to-earth, mutedly funny." [3] The book's spotlight on Sedaris's family was well-received, with Kirkus Reviews noting that his lacerations of them were "not without affection even when the sting is strongest." [13] Burroughs's review also praised Sedaris's affectionate detailing of his family's eccentricities, [1] and Robinson felt that it was one of the collection's greatest strengths, helping showcase the author's "evolution toward plainer and sparer storytelling." [3] Writer Michiko Kakutani, reviewing the collection for The New York Times , called Sedaris's family reminiscences the heart of the book, and suggested that they "attest to the author's evolution from comic writer to full-fledged memoirist." [2] Kakutani also observed a strain of introspection that was new to Sedaris and thought that it differed from his earlier, self-deprecating stand-upesque material, coming off as a more Chekhovian brand of comedy

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