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this is a great book for those who just graduated college, my commencement speaker was lackluster and a friend gifted this to me- a collection of speeches by one of the all time best post modern writers. this is a cant miss for advice on how to handle life, and appreciating the little things.

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funny reflective slow-paced

3.75

mark_von_oink's review against another edition

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funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

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3.0

I'm not sure I'm exactly the target audience for this anymore but it was generally nice, wholesome advice for young people, if not a bit outdated and repetitive in places. There were places where the satire didn't quite work in writing, I think they must work better as speeches.

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

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funny inspiring medium-paced

3.75

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3.0

I read Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five years ago, and I don't remember much except being confused and thinking the book was strange. I picked up this collection of graduation speeches two or three years ago, but I just got around to reading it a few weeks after my own college graduation. I enjoyed some of the themes in his speeches: build yourself a large family, be kind, enjoy the moment. But many of his speeches went off on some tangents that didn't necessarily seem directly connected to graduates, although I might just be missing the context. I don't think I would have appreciated Vonnegut coming to speak at my graduation only to use the platform to go on about an unjust war or something else political. Regardless, the edition is beautifully put together with nice illustrations.

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