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I admit, I've been putting off reading any Vonnegut for ages (he turns up in all those books to read before you die lists, which gave me the impression that his writing would be difficult and dry) but I enjoyed this far more than my misconceptions thought I would. It was easy to read, flowed well particularly with the very short chapters (each was no more than a page or two) and the humour was excellent. Here we follow John as he begins to write a book about the day the bomb was dropped on Hiros
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Can understand why people like Vonnegut so much, but he's really not for me and this just was a little too out there for my reading tastes.
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this has short, punchy sentences and chapters. Yet it is complex and challenging to read. Less about the bomb (as told in the blurb) and more about the pointlessness of life, religion and government.
It feels like the book is about the "spin" p fed to humanity. What they are told and believe - how easily we can be led. Everyone thinks they are leading the lives they want but they re essentially tapped within their own cat's cradle ...more
It feels like the book is about the "spin" p fed to humanity. What they are told and believe - how easily we can be led. Everyone thinks they are leading the lives they want but they re essentially tapped within their own cat's cradle ...more
