false 9601 15 An old man recounts his past to a voluptuous widow, revealing man's compulsion to create and destroy what he loves. 6582745 book 1987 Bluebeard total:5639|5:1606|4:2274|3:1526|2:205|1:28| 5639 22142 7168 289 5 4 false false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1994 Fri Mar 30 17:51:35 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 30 18:06:25 -0700 2007
The only person I've ever met whose favorite Vonnegut book is Bluebeard is... me. So...more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 14 18:05:18 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 21:43:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Sat Mar 22 10:00:12 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 19:18:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 17:42:59 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 04 12:17:24 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 06:38:07 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 07:51:10 -0700 2007
The genius of Vonnegut is his abil...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 13 12:09:21 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 16:24:48 -0800 2007
The story is half memoir, half diary of the time period where the main character is writing is his memoir. Thus it provides a more natural jumping around in time than other Vonnegut boo...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Jan 11 14:32:01 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 14:33:20 -0800 2008
I’ll avoid my standard cheerleading stance for Vonnegut’s work and focus on the great explanation of an art’s life. We see the world through the character, and he sees all of life’s experiences are se...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 06 17:44:17 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 18:14:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 12:56:12 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 13:09:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 02 06:43:38 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 06:36:31 -0700 2009 Most of the time, when you hear about Vonnegut, you hear about Slaughterhouse-Five. You will also hear about Cat's Cradle or Breakfast Of Champions. Yet, here I am and the first Vonnegut book I reviewe is Bluebeard, which is considered one of his lesser novels. I didn't even choose Mother Nigh...more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Nov 04 02:57:42 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 04 02:59:42 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 14:18:16 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 18:52:52 -0800 2009
I don't know that I can accurately describe what makes this so interesting (just like Rabo Karebekian can't or...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Wed Oct 21 01:02:57 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 01:07:59 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 22:53:04 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 23:30:11 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 08:00:50 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 08:20:35 -0700 2008
As an Armenian-American, I can't be objective about this book. Vonnegut got too much of the Armenian-Amer...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 13:07:03 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 12:02:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 09:13:16 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 09:15:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 1991 Thu Jun 26 07:00:38 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 07:12:55 -0700 2008 Bluebeard a few times. The first time I read it was during a summer break from college when I read every Vonnegut book that was available at the time. Most of his books I loved, adored even, of course there was one that I largely didn't like—Slapstick—but they were all memorable...exce...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 17:34:03 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 18:36:02 -0700 2009 "My soul knows my meat is doing bad things, and is embarrassed. But my meat just keeps right on doing bad, dumb things."

Wow. I finished this book today and am still processing it. This was an amazing story, possibly the best I've ever read by Vonnegut.

"What a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 06:36:22 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 08:14:50 -0700 2008 God Bless You Mr. Rosewater. Then I read Bluebeard. I have to change my vote again.
Vonnegut says much of the same things in Bluebeard as he does in his other novels- about human nature, sexuality, war and violence, free will...more...]]>