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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
dark
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
More like 2.5 stars. I'm going to go re-rate Galapagos now
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Didn't really do it for me, though there are funny bits and good bits.
A really satisfying final work, functioning as a great bookend for Vonnegut's career.
There is no real story here, it does read like a bunch of nearly unconnected prose, but the headspace that it put me in was worth the experience. It was nice to focus on Kilgore Trout again and to explore Vonnegut's alter ego. It was really nice to see some of the quotes from Vonnegut that are usually so focused on in their metaphorical casual clothes.
Reading through all of his novels was a great thing to do and I wish I had done it sooner.
There is no real story here, it does read like a bunch of nearly unconnected prose, but the headspace that it put me in was worth the experience. It was nice to focus on Kilgore Trout again and to explore Vonnegut's alter ego. It was really nice to see some of the quotes from Vonnegut that are usually so focused on in their metaphorical casual clothes.
Reading through all of his novels was a great thing to do and I wish I had done it sooner.
reflective
slow-paced
What to say about this book? One part autobiography/memoir. One part sci-fi story. One part satire on society. Mashed together with "timequakes" interspersed through out. Timequakes could have various effects:
Throw random people into the past.
Cause random people to return to a point in their lives and have to relive it without change.
In one case, extend a life 10 years past the point when they were scheduled to die.
Sometimes they had free will. Other times they did not (they were stuck in the programming instilled in them by society and the people around them.)
The first half of this story was rollicking and fun. Robin Williams improve meets Monte Python.
The second half kind of deteriorated into your grandpa telling you stories of the olden days in a context that you couldn't understand with a little repetition in places.
I'm still glad I read it but it is not among his best works.
Throw random people into the past.
Cause random people to return to a point in their lives and have to relive it without change.
In one case, extend a life 10 years past the point when they were scheduled to die.
Sometimes they had free will. Other times they did not (they were stuck in the programming instilled in them by society and the people around them.)
The first half of this story was rollicking and fun. Robin Williams improve meets Monte Python.
The second half kind of deteriorated into your grandpa telling you stories of the olden days in a context that you couldn't understand with a little repetition in places.
I'm still glad I read it but it is not among his best works.