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honey_buns's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and War
sputnik2's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: War
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Infidelity and Car accident
visionsoforchids's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: War
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Vomit, and Medical content
Minor: Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Antisemitism, and Car accident
frdz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death and War
Moderate: Body shaming, Gun violence, and Mental illness
pershie13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Murder, and War
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Deportation
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
yleavy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War
jonwood's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Frankly, I don't think there was much reflections going on. I suppose the theme is that there are moments in time we are powerless to change, and sometimes there's no fighting it, one person can't always make a difference, "so it goes." However, it would have been more interesting seeing that struggle play out and the character learn the lesson via failure (like Clark Kent in the 100th episode of Smallville unable to prevent tragedy completely, and altering events only made other things worst), but instead the narrator just tells us this and the protagonist, Billy, just accepts this form of "enlightenment" without ever trying to fight it. Also, I did not find this book all that funny, despite it supposedly being funny at the same time as being traumatic, the book just lack heart for me.
Between the lack of entertainment, and the gross nature of some of the narration, I highly doubt I'll want to try to read another Vonnegut novel, and am left wondering why he has the reputation of literally genius that he does.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, and War
Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
_fallinglight_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
The OG Everything Everywhere All at Once but of the horrors of war, death, and dehumanization, C-PTSD, depression, suicide ideation, aliens, and what even tf fuck is time? It also goes hard on how the US is a danger to itself and others, and well, I can see why war mongers, pro-2A people, capitalists and the like absolutely hate this book lol. I personally didn't see the funny in this (I was aware of the satire but instead of wanting to laugh I wanted to cry; this book is horrifyingly sad) and it wasn't an enjoyable read to me, but, I still appreciate what KVJR set out to do with it and haters gonna hate but he was spitting facts left and right idk what to tell yall.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Violence, and War
Moderate: Ableism and Fatphobia
Minor: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
joharrismay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
5.0
Will probably read another Kurt Vonnegut book
Graphic: Genocide, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War
Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
josieruby1's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Alcohol