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Summary: Not for everyone.
Review: Dig it. I do anyways. Maybe you won't. It's entirely up to taste and whatnot. Vonnegut's story is lovely, and so is Vonnegut's storytelling. Vonnegut tells his tale in a condescending manner. He talks to the world as if we're all a bunch of kids, having to show us little pictures of everything. This storytelling is often hilarious, though it can get annoying to some people. The book is about our rotten, lowly existence. Vonnegut condescends because people are (apparently in Vonnegut's eyes) generally idiots, and Vonnegut is god of this story. He even steps into the story (love it of hate it) and chills out in his own creation. All powerful and completely omniscient, he tells you about everyone and everything in the city. Making for wonderful characterization. By the end, Midway City seems to breathe. Some will love this. Others will be completely annoyed by Vonnegut laughing in their face and his madcap style.
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Summary: Don't Bother Wasting Your Time
Review: It's amazing how Kurt Vonnegut has been able to hornswaggle readers for so long; and that he's finally being accepted as genuine literature by the elitist critics and professors demonstrates his thimblerigging proficiency. That said, I will admit "Breakfast" has the most accessable story of any of his books I've perused. The structure is at least interesting, the way he's managed to chop the narrative into sound bites and nevertheless make it coherent. What first puts one off this novel, though, are his windy pontifications. It seems almost a contradiction in terms to find a nihilist egoist, but somehow Vonnegut manages. I grew tired of the author long before the story itself grew tedious. If you enjoy Vonnegut's smug tendentiousness, I would recommend this book as one of his better efforts. If you're looking for mature fiction, pass by.
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Summary: best in the history of ever
Review: when i think about the fact that someone i care about has not read this book, i almost start to cry. when i think about the fact that an ex-girlfriend of mine may have the opportunity to read this book, i start to cringe. chances are, i don't know who you are, but i love vonnegut so much for writing this book that i want him to get as much money as he can from you and anyone else. best book ever written.
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Summary: Delightful and Marvelous
Review: This book is marvelous. It completely changed the way I look at literature and life in general. In his narrative Vonnegut has taken everything you expect about the way fiction should be written, put it in a blender, and beaten the blender into oblivion with a baseball bat. Do yourslef a favor and buy this, right now.
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Summary: Breakfast of Champions
Review: Hilarious little book, and a quick read too. If you like Vonnegut's other books and haven't read this one, you will want to read it. The illustrations are great!
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Summary: A truely excellent book
Review: Vonnegut, justly nicknamed one of the greatest satirists of the time, is truely magnificent in this book. 'Breakfast' proves to be a terrifyingly accurate description of society while at the same time is so obscure and comical... I enjoyed his style very much, especially towards the end of this book when Vonnegut introduced himself into the story. Anyone can benefit from reading this.
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Summary: Almost too funny!
Review: This is a comedy classic. Quick read that you'll read again, because it is so funny. Vonnegut the "Creator" makes light of everything and everybody.
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Summary: Avid reader
Review: I have read every work Vonnegut has written, and this is by far one of his best works. The characters are all very real, and allow the readers to get to know them. Illustrated by Vonnegut himself, this book is definately easy to read, yet hard to put down. The main character, Kilgore Trout, a Vonnegut favorite (perhaps Vonnegut himslef?) appears in yet another tale. As an aside, some of the books Vonnegut describes that Trout wrote, would make excellent sci-fi books. I'm surprised Vonnegut (or some literary plagarist or hack) hasn't expounded on any of the themes. The book is great, and if any reader has never read Vonnegut, this is a great one to start with. You'll be hooked!
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Summary: What is the purpose of life?
Review: The answer is written on a bathroom wall within the pages of this book and examined between every line of it's text. The reader may not buy into Vonnegut's investigation of this question, but it's sublimely memoriable and as absurd as the lottery of life itself. The author's drawings serve to enhance the experience and set the tone of this unique and moral book.
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Summary: Vonnegut is Creator of my Universe
Review: Is it possible to say anything new about a book that has been in print for ~30 years, that has been read by millions, and which is widely studied in schools and universities?No... but I do want to say that I loved every word (and illustration). You can pick up this old novel and get a very fresh outlook both on the human condition and on how novels ought to be written. Vonnegut writes like he is explaining life on Earth to alien children. It is a tool that produces incredibly poignant satire, which he uses effectively to give commentary on conditions of life that the vast majority of us accept without even noticing. The language used is very simple but wonderfully lyrical, less-than-average readers will fly right through it. Although clearly sadenned by his life, and by his observations of the planet, Vonnegut wrote a masterpiece that remains hopeful in its despair. Kurt Vonnegut is a genius, and will no doubt be recognized as one of the 20th Century's greatest.
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