04-30-2017, 11:14 AM
I finished Breakfast of Champions just last night (I'm a very slow reader, that's why this thread gets updates so infrequently) and I'm quite happy for reading it.
Kurt Vonnegut is a really unorthodox author. I first read his book Slaughterhouse-5 in 2014, and looking back on it i think I have a much better opinion of it now than I did back then. The words themselves he uses are very easy to read so reading Breakfast of Champions wasnt a chore, but his ideas and themes are very complex and thought provoking. Breakfast of Champions is filled with drawings by Vonnegut scattered throughout the book and drops the N word like nobody's business (I wouldn't say the book is racist it was just written in a different time that treated that word differently than it is now). It follows two different people's stories who only have a tiny relationship with each other until the very end of the book, and Kurt enjoys throwing himself into the book because why not, which I guess technically makes the book written from the first person.
Anyway, good read, will look for more Vonnegut books. I'm thinking of finishing Metro 2033 first thou or else I might never finish it, I keep sidetracking to finish the books I'm borrowing from my brother so I can give them back.
Kurt Vonnegut is a really unorthodox author. I first read his book Slaughterhouse-5 in 2014, and looking back on it i think I have a much better opinion of it now than I did back then. The words themselves he uses are very easy to read so reading Breakfast of Champions wasnt a chore, but his ideas and themes are very complex and thought provoking. Breakfast of Champions is filled with drawings by Vonnegut scattered throughout the book and drops the N word like nobody's business (I wouldn't say the book is racist it was just written in a different time that treated that word differently than it is now). It follows two different people's stories who only have a tiny relationship with each other until the very end of the book, and Kurt enjoys throwing himself into the book because why not, which I guess technically makes the book written from the first person.
Anyway, good read, will look for more Vonnegut books. I'm thinking of finishing Metro 2033 first thou or else I might never finish it, I keep sidetracking to finish the books I'm borrowing from my brother so I can give them back.
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Absoloutley Sensational - Obama
Who is Sasso? - Man I met on the bus Truly the MnF forumer of our time - Steven Hawking