Oh man. This book is effing weird. I've been listening to it as an audiobook and although I enjoyed the first part, I am totally lost now. He goes off on these ridiculous tangents like he's making it up as he goes along, and I'm just not getting it.
I enjoy his nonfiction and would like to get my hands on a copy of Man Without a Country, but this? I'm going to have to pass.
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Um, yeah, "Kurt Vonnegut" actually IS the ancient Celtic phrase for "effing weird".
JNCL
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lol I think you need a certain mind set to tackle his books...
I had to read several of Vonnegut's books in high school, and never enjoyed any of them. They were, as you say, just too "effing weird" for me.
I have only read Slaughterhouse-5 by Vonnegut, but I loved that book. I haven't tried any other book by him though!
JNCL - lol figures!
Kailana - yeah, I apparently so.
couchpotatocritic - this would have blown my mind in high school! Although . . . maybe not. My high school self might have appreciated its weirdness more than my adult self.
Priya - I might actually give that one a try.
can't recall if i read that one... or any others... did enjoy slaughterhouse 5... and quotes, real or attributed
Yes, I really enjoy his nonfiction, quotes and such. And I will have to give Slaughterhouse 5 a try sometime. But if this is representative of the rest of his line of fiction . . . then he's lost me.
Not very familiar with Kurt Vonnegut's work at all - I don't mind weird, but unfathomable is something else.
Yes, there's only so much weird I can tolerate.
Never tried to read him and based on your effing weird comment don't think I will be adding him to my TBR list!!
This one is very skippable. His other stuff might be worth looking into, though.
like elmore leonard said, and vonnegut missed reading: i try not to write things the reader skips over
every writer should adopt this policy.
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