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May 23, 2015
Adriel
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it was amazing
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How better than to write book about war than with an insane protagonist? Tragic, sad and beautiful.
For reasons of me not being organized and also being forgetful, I own a copy of this book in every format: paperback (used book sale), audible (some sale), and e-book (also some sale). Clearly, I've been needing to read it for a looong time. So I finally listened to the audiobook, narrated by James Franco. Who is perfect for it.
It's still an odd experience to me to read a book that is a modern classic but I never had any real idea what it was about. I certainly had no idea that was a surreal/ab ...more
It's still an odd experience to me to read a book that is a modern classic but I never had any real idea what it was about. I certainly had no idea that was a surreal/ab ...more
I love this book, fullstop.
The surreal and gentle tone of the book do tend to zone me out, though. It's easy to look up from this one and feel like my brain has been covered in marshmellows and cotton fluff.
My other favorite thinga about this book is that he combines wwII, space aliens, and time travel and manages to make you take it all quite seriously. ...more
The surreal and gentle tone of the book do tend to zone me out, though. It's easy to look up from this one and feel like my brain has been covered in marshmellows and cotton fluff.
My other favorite thinga about this book is that he combines wwII, space aliens, and time travel and manages to make you take it all quite seriously. ...more
One of my favorite books. Vonnegut was an anthropology student...his attention to obvious people makes for great characters.
reread 9/13/16
Aug 17, 2007
Laine
marked it as to-read
Nov 17, 2009
Anna Ellis
marked it as to-read
Oct 09, 2011
A. V.
marked it as to-read
