Siobhan's review
The Sirens of Titan
by Kurt Vonnegut
Siobhan's review
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
Siobhan's review
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Vonnegut tells fantastic stories. He even tells you what will happen right before it happens. But this doesn't detract from the story because the events never unfold the way in which you were expecting.
Sirens of Titan does involve science fiction elements, but at its heart it is a book about the deep human desire for friendship. This need motivates the characters throughout the novel, though the characters do not realize it. Many look to fill their longings for companionship with God. Vonnegut spares no opportunity to point out the ridiculousness of doing so. (Enter "The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent")
His descriptions are delicious, as always. Here is one that I particularly enjoyed:
"The pool had once been covered uniformly by an undulating blanket of gardenias. But a persistent morning breeze had moved the blooms to one end of the pool, as though folding a blanket to the foot of a bed. In folding back the blanket, the breeze revea...more
Sirens of Titan does involve science fiction elements, but at its heart it is a book about the deep human desire for friendship. This need motivates the characters throughout the novel, though the characters do not realize it. Many look to fill their longings for companionship with God. Vonnegut spares no opportunity to point out the ridiculousness of doing so. (Enter "The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent")
His descriptions are delicious, as always. Here is one that I particularly enjoyed:
"The pool had once been covered uniformly by an undulating blanket of gardenias. But a persistent morning breeze had moved the blooms to one end of the pool, as though folding a blanket to the foot of a bed. In folding back the blanket, the breeze revea...more
