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funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Kurt always has a way of keeping your eyes on his words. His humor is immaculate, and his review of the world and its problems will never stop impressing years down the line from the original published date. Many classics are contained in these pages.
funny
Excellent collection of short stories. Unlike his novels, his short stories are much more light-hearted and dealing with the everyday problems of getting older, falling in love, and trying to adjust to adult work life.
not my fave vonnegut, but def my fave intro of his. “here I am cleaning shit off practically everything”
fave short story was the manned missiles or the hyannis port story
fave short story was the manned missiles or the hyannis port story
Abandonado al 50%.
A la segunda vez que me salté un relato a la mitad para ver si el siguiente estaba mejor decidí que esta colección no era para mí. No he sido capaz de reconocer al Vunnegut de Matadero 5 o El desayuno de los campeones. En su lugar relatos bastante planos, con una narración muy lineal y falta de ritmo.
A la segunda vez que me salté un relato a la mitad para ver si el siguiente estaba mejor decidí que esta colección no era para mí. No he sido capaz de reconocer al Vunnegut de Matadero 5 o El desayuno de los campeones. En su lugar relatos bastante planos, con una narración muy lineal y falta de ritmo.
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
These 25 stories were a fun introduction to Vonnnegut's works. They made me laugh, they made me sad, they made me hopeful, and a couple made me mad, but I appreciated all the various emotions that boiled up from these tales. The ones that splintered in my heart, like "Adam" and "The Manned Missiles", I look forward to reading those again. His perspectives vary greatly but come from the same root, and it was so refreshing to experience that from a collection of very different subjects.
Vonnegut's short stories are, quite frankly, a simplified version of his novels. Many of them have the same emotional punch, or the same twists of reality, and at the end you're just as happy you read them.
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes