Name: sophia n's review of New Teeth by Simon Rich
Item: New Teeth
Rating: 4
Author: sophia n

Simon Rich

Laugh till you cry in this new collection of stories from the "Serena Williams of humor writing" (New York Times Book Review) about raising babies and trying to learn how not to be one. Called a "comedic Godsend" by Conan O'Brien, and "the Stephen King of comedy writing" by John Mulaney, Simon Rich is back with New Teeth, his funniest and most personal collection yet. Two murderous pirates find a child stowaway on board and attempt to balance pillaging with co-parenting. A woman raised by wolves prepares for her parents' annual Thanksgiving visit. An aging mutant superhero is forced to learn humility when the mayor kicks him upstairs to a desk job. And in the hard-boiled caper, "The Big Nap," a weary two-year-old detective struggles to make sense of "a world gone mad." Equal parts silly and sincere, New Teeth is an ode to growing up, growing older, and what it means to make a family.

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New Teeth

Zahia Saeed 

sophia n

these stories were so fun and silly but also heartfelt and deep? a few stories were a little weaker than the others but they were all really interesting, memorable, and well written, and i really liked the collection as a holistic piece too, which is hard to pull off with collected stories. 

i wasn't sure if this would land for me because i saw it was about parenting, and i'm not and will never be a parent, but it's really not about that at all and more just about ... relationships? it was very good. my fav stories were learning the ropes, chip, and raised by wolves. and i really loved the ending, it genuinely made me laugh, as did a number of other parts too. def wanna read more from simon rich now.

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New Teeth by Simon Rich

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