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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
4.5 *
Vonnegut does it again, although this one was a bit of a strange reading experience as he mixes real life and parts of his other works within the world he has created in the book. Still a delight to read, needless to say
Vonnegut does it again, although this one was a bit of a strange reading experience as he mixes real life and parts of his other works within the world he has created in the book. Still a delight to read, needless to say
Didn’t actually finish but made it like 70%. The plot is super choppy and no characters are really developed.
it was amazing, although i'm still trying to wrap my head around exactly what i was reading. it was really creative; i thought that a lot of his fictional characters were real authors, scientists, etc. overall, it was a really quick and enoyable book.
There were maybe a dozen moments when I was laughing out loud with this book. Vonnegut has some fantastic criticisms of our society. However, I didn't enjoy the rambling, almost thought-flow style of the book. It's also extremely repetitive which was a conscious device, I'm certain, but for me it didn't add anything. I enjoyed Slaughterhouse Five, so I'm going to try another Vonnegut book before I decide if I love him or just respect him.
Reading Kurt Vonnegut is remarkably like travelling. You leap with him from place to place, never staying to long in one spot, but thoroughly enjoying yourself all the while. This book was no exception.
What started as a sci-fi novel featuring a timequake (a blip in the universe’s expansion, causing a complete rewind of the past ten years and forcing everyone to relive every moment from 1991-2001 exactly as they had before) transformed into an almost autobiographical-like book, depicting anything from Vonnegut’s interactions with his alter-ego Kilgore Trout, to nuggets of his never ending wisdom (“Listen: We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different!”).
I’m never quite sure what I’ll find when I pick up a Vonnegut novel, but this was no disappointment. Ting-a-ling!
What started as a sci-fi novel featuring a timequake (a blip in the universe’s expansion, causing a complete rewind of the past ten years and forcing everyone to relive every moment from 1991-2001 exactly as they had before) transformed into an almost autobiographical-like book, depicting anything from Vonnegut’s interactions with his alter-ego Kilgore Trout, to nuggets of his never ending wisdom (“Listen: We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different!”).
I’m never quite sure what I’ll find when I pick up a Vonnegut novel, but this was no disappointment. Ting-a-ling!
Vonnegut's final novel, and barely a novel--a mix of autobiographical musings, Kilgore Trout stories and a few fun speculative ideas (the most interesting part of the eponymous timequake is what comes in the immediate aftermath). But, as with several of his later novels, there's not much holding it together and it sort of runs out of steam toward the end. Still, after reading 13 prior Vonnegut novels, it was rewarding and pleasant to read a final, more reflective one.
3.5. Not Vonnegut's best, but still enjoyable and thought-provoking.
I had no idea what was going on for the most part of this book. Some of the dates in it are me and my sisters birthdays which was weird.
Here’s a quote I liked:
“If you really want to hurt your parents, and you don’t have nerve enough to be a homosexual, the least you can do is go into the arts”
Here’s a quote I liked:
“If you really want to hurt your parents, and you don’t have nerve enough to be a homosexual, the least you can do is go into the arts”