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Armageddon in Retrospect: And Other New and Unpublished Writings on War and Peace by Kurt Vonnegut
kilcannon's review against another edition
5.0
Unlike some of the other posthumous publications, this one doesn't feel like a pile of scraps cobbled together for a buck. United by the theme of war, and featuring some of Vonnegut's most human and least jokey (while still having plenty of that), these stories make a good companion piece to Mother Night.
erin_oriordan_is_reading_again's review against another edition
4.0
It's not the finest of Kurt Vonnegut's work, but it is worth a listen. The sad thing about the audio book is that I missed out on the drawings that are included in the paper and e-book versions.
_katiaz_'s review against another edition
dark
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
nicolescottwv's review
dark
funny
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and War
hotlizard's review
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
It took me a little while to get through but only because I was saving so many of thee quotes. Vonnegut always writes with dripping sarcasm, intelligence, and never fails to surprise at the end. I think at least a few of these stories should be required reading.
In this collection of short fictional? stories he pokes at the military complex and provides a lot of deep thinking on the necessity of war and war making.
The last story (itself titled Armageddon in Retrospect) is not quite about war but absolutely did not know what the ending would be.
In this collection of short fictional? stories he pokes at the military complex and provides a lot of deep thinking on the necessity of war and war making.
The last story (itself titled Armageddon in Retrospect) is not quite about war but absolutely did not know what the ending would be.
lukepadgett's review
4.0
What else can be said about Vonnegut? Three essays, published posthumously, are quintessential funny sarcastic Vonnegut (His son Mark wrote the introduction). The first couple of essays, presumably written when he was young, address the theme he wrote about in Slaughterhouse-5. That being his capture and and subsequent clean up duty in bombed out Dresden. Excellent and thought provoking with Vonnegut's economy of words and his ever present wit and humanity. I always expect greatness from anything Vonnegut writes, preparing myself for disappointment, and as his turns out he even writes well when dead. Shit, somewhere the man is sipping scotch and laughing at how history really does repeat itself. Sit back, grab a coffee and smoke and enjoy.