I haven’t read a Vonnegut since high school and thought it might be nice to revisit some of the “greats” this summer. I went into Cat’s Cradle cold, and while it was amusing at times and made some fine points, it was exactly what I expected a post-modern classic written by a man of his time to be….In a word: meh. Our narrator starts on a quest to write a book about the day the Atomic Bomb hit Hiroshima, but instead ends up finding religion with a […]
Absurdly beautiful and yet full of dick jokes
I am very far behind when it comes to reviews. I finished Breakfast of Champions around April. I love Kurt Vonnegut and chose to read Breakfast of Champions for a few reasons. First, I wanted more KV in my life. Second, I was looking to mix up my audiobook listening with some fiction. Third and last, Stanley Tucci narrated the book. Breakfast of Champions is all Vonnegut in all of his beautiful, almost zany, goodness. The story follows Kilgore Trout, famed science fiction writer from […]