Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

33 reviews

zosiablue's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

We all know Vonnegut juxtaposes tragic and absurd because that's exactly what life is and through the first half of this, I thought - ah, we're going only absurd here, OK, I'm in. And then there was an astonishing perspective change that nailed me so hard I started crying! I'm not a crier and it came on so suddenly that I shocked myself. He does this every fucking time to me. What's this book about? A writer on a road trip to speak at an arts festival. What's this book about? The festival of everything (TM).

(Though I know what he's doing, the race stuff doesn't age well at all. That's worth more than a parenthetical for sure, but just a warning.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexism, Classism, Suicide, and Grief

summermorning's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: War

leoniefnk's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

Though there are moments that make you think (I like the idea of an author inserting themselves in a very meta way), overall, I found this vulgar and extremely unfunny. The random scatterbrain-ness of it is something which I've enjoyed in the past, but in books like Hitchhiker's guide, where there is far less offensive language for - what seems to be - the sake of offensive language. Was this supposed to make me think of something new or groundbreaking? What's worse, was this supposed to make me laugh?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death of parent, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Alcohol, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Sexual violence, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Classism

lilbrisket's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicide, Racial slurs, and Racism

deroberts15's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Racial slurs, and Sexual violence

cms0899's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Suicide

vipsahtanut's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I don't know what to think of this book. I'd recommend cheking the content warnings before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, Rape, and Sexual violence

whysoserious's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, and Suicide

Minor: Excrement and Homophobia

sillymaya's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

What a trip, this guy. Love when I’m LOLing several times throughout the book—that’s not common for me so it’s real refreshing. Very weird, very cool. Loved how the descriptions/definitions of seemingly banal ideas/objects turned them into something new. And Kilgore Trout’s stories in his books were fresh. Where can I read me some of those. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Suicide

peashawn's review against another edition

funny fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Racism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis