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Player Piano

Kurt Vonnegut

3.77 AVERAGE

jimbritt75's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

elenitaa's review against another edition

3.5

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hcube3's review against another edition

3.0

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

clarejc's review against another edition

2.75

dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ashfrxns's review against another edition

3.0

challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

apesar de ter pontos muito pertinentes e bem atuais, é um livro bem cansativo, maçante e que não precisava de 500 páginas pra argumentar sobre a perda de poder e liberdade de decisão do povo.

fora esses parágrafos gigantes listando máquinas e máquinas que não acrescentam em nada na história, fiquei um tanto incomodada com a insistência na mensagem de que o trabalho edifica o homem e sem isso ele não é nada.

ainda tenho sentimentos controversos sobre esse livro, minha avaliação fica sambando entre 3 e 3,5 estrelas se escolho focar na mensagem ou na extensão de uma história que não tem tanta coisa assim, mas foi ok eu acho.

travis_fili's review against another edition

3.0

funny reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Kurt's most prescient book?? This book is nearly 75 years old, but it's arguably more timely than ever before. It explores the consequences of automation, which is even more relevant in the age of artificial intelligence. We should all be warned... Jon Stewart recommended reading Vonnegut on a podcast, so I finally picked this one up. This book was hard for me to start. It's a little dry, at least at the start. But I stayed for the main character's journey, and I'm glad I did.

alexledford's review against another edition

4.25

informative reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book is still very relevant to today’s society and has such a strong message we could still learn from. Paul Proteus is a very interesting protagonist in the sense that he is just a regular man who happened to be in a very fortunate situation.