This book will not be for everyone, even David Sedaris fans. What's so funny about it is how the animal characters have such human attributes, yet those attributes are still combined with their respective animal characteristics - very clever (but hard to explain). Yet it seemed like he may have been out to shock with this book. I literally said out loud, "He did not just write that" more than once. A quick read, and fun Ian Falconer illustrations. 
 (Note: I don't read any reviews before I write my own, unless I already read a journal review for work, so I really have no idea what people are saying about this book (yet).)