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trainisloud's review against another edition
4.0
Kurt's storytelling, wit, and optimistic hopelessness make for a lovely read. Throw this combo in a tropical boat cruise filled with family, humanity in all its flaws and glory and you have yourself a great novel! Also has one of my favorite lines, this follows the death of a character, "well it's not like he was going to write Beethoven's V Symphony anyway." I will put that on my tombstone! Thanks Kurt where ever you are.
timpurches's review against another edition
4.0
A quirky and delightfully misanthropic tale about the present and future state of humanity, told looking back from the far future.
steven_nobody's review against another edition
5.0
This is not as melancholy as other Vonnegut works. Maybe just somber and disturbing. I really like depopulation stories.
simonlitton's review against another edition
1.0
This is a satire, apparently. What exactly is being satirised is not clear to me. And isn't satire supposed to be, you know, funny? One simple and not particularly exciting idea is stretched to over 250 pages via shameless padding and mind-numbing repetition. The irritatingly smug narrator keeps reminding us who's going to die and that everyone in the story is basically stupid and a waste of space.
An ugly, misanthropic and depressing book.
An ugly, misanthropic and depressing book.
logickat's review against another edition
3.0
Told from the perspective a million years in the future, a sometimes confusing and complex intersection of the lives of the future of humanity. There is a lot of back and forth in the timeline, and bouncing between characters, and clues randomly dropped to be explained later. I enjoyed the eventual story but it took me a bit to get into it due to the nonlinear narrative style.
sheldar's review against another edition
4.0
Well done, as per usual, by Kurt Vonnegut. I enjoyed the journey into a different type of human evolution than I have ever imagined. A great, quick read!
midnite_reader's review against another edition
3.0
Really enjoyed reading this as a break from reading The Beak of the Finch. Even though this was written over 30 years ago, the topics are very relevant. What are we doing to ourselves, each other and our planet. The repetitive complaining about the human brain was a bit repetitive. I would still recommend this book to almost anyone. It is a fast read and Vonnegut is a delightful way to spend a few hours.
africker's review against another edition
4.0
Everyone should read vonnegut. This is a not his best but still good fun