The concept is lovely and the book starts really strong, but I felt it almost got lost along the way, narrative-wise. That said, the integration of social commentary and black humour into the science fiction ambiance is brilliant. I just wish the Breakfast of Champions had taken me even more places....
Vonnegut is a master, but being a huge fan of metafiction, this is one of my favorites. I found the style disturbingly choppy at first, but there is so much wit and wisdom in it, that I eventually stopped caring. A plus.
About the first 40% i enjoyed and then... it just became very irritating, there were parts that made me laugh but i just wasn't being entertained by what i was reading, which was a shame as i really had high hopes for this book.
Every couple of years I re-read Breakfast of Champions, always thinking it couldn't be as good as I remember, each time being proven wrong. Invariably I discover it's actually better than I remember, my appreciation growing with age as I approach the work from a more experienced perspective. I've ...
amazingly contemporary, given that it was written 40 years ago. the depiction of nyc is dated, and i think we are little less inclined to let chemical dumping go unchecked, but the rest of the description of american places and attitudes is perfectly now. Favorite passage:"Americans are always afrai...
I went through a Vonnegut phase seveal years ago. His books were all over the uaed stores and I had plenty of books to trade. This is probably more 3 1/2 than 3. But I can name three others of his that I consider definitively better: Player Piano, Mother Night, and Bluebeard. There are a few that ar...
When I read this novel as a teenager, I remember finding the following paragraph strikingly witty:1492. As children we were taught to memorize this year with pride and joy as the year people began living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America. Actually, people had been living f...
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