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Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut

justanotherfinalgirlreview's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

am_lonergan's review against another edition

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funny reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

zerofactorial's review against another edition

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3.0

I listened to the audiobook. Some was sublime, much was very good, much was not that good. The first CD-- maybe the first five or so stories?-- was by far the best. One meaningfule xception included a young boy in an apartment and a radio. Very glad I listened to the whole thing. it was a quite nice car experience.

kataninja's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Strong character development? N/A

4.0

Adam and The Manned Missiles were my favourite

nebuus's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

spavento's review against another edition

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3.5

What I like about Vonnegut’s short stories is that he seems to go out of his way to make them straightforward, approachable, and entertaining. The shorter format minimizes his tendency to go on tangents, and the endings usually brought things to a satisfying close. The sci-fi stories tended to be a little too concerned with their ideas to actually follow through on their characters, but the stories about regular people from Vonnegut’s time were uniformly charming and moving.

jeremy_bearimy's review

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adventurous challenging funny reflective fast-paced

4.5

Always tricky to review a collection of short stories, but this includes some super intriguing premises. I enjoy Vonnegut’s playful humor, and even the stories that were misses for me still had interesting bits. 

laurasauras's review against another edition

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4.0

There was a wonderful variety of stories. I loved their bizarre, deadpan humour and thoughtful characterisation.

ggioia1's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

LOVE WTTMH

jula_09's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25