Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye, Blue Monday! by Kurt Vonnegut

Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye, Blue Monday!

Kurt Vonnegut

fiction classics literary dark funny reflective medium-paced

295 pages | first published 1973

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"We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane." So reads the tombstone of downtrodden writer Kilgore Trout, but we have no doubt who's really talking: his alter ego Kurt Vonnegut. Health versus sickness, humanity versus inhumanity—b...
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Moods

funny 83%
dark 54%
reflective 53%
challenging 20%
lighthearted 20%
adventurous 15%
emotional 12%
sad 10%
mysterious 9%
tense 4%
hopeful 3%
informative 3%
inspiring 3%

Pace

medium 49%
fast 36%
slow 13%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 51% | A mix: 27% | Plot: 15% | N/A: 4%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 45% | No: 31% | Yes: 20% | N/A: 2%

Loveable characters?

No: 46% | It's complicated: 36% | Yes: 14% | N/A: 2%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 40% | Yes: 35% | It's complicated: 20% | N/A: 3%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 80% | It's complicated: 14% | No: 3% | N/A: 1%

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