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Summary: Brilliant
Review: Breakfast of Champions is far and away the best book I have ever read! I would recommend it to anyone, especially those who have never read Vonnegut.
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Summary: Breakfast of Runner Ups....
Review: This novel is one of Vonnegut's more acclaimed works, although I would say, in my un-experted opinion, that The Sirens of Titan, Mother Night, and Hocus Pocus are better in many ways than Breakfast of Champions. Sure, Breakfast has many comical sections, however, it fails to answer any real question about human nature, other than the fact that we are innately dumb. The plot twists and turns, leading the reader through Vonnegut's "reality" of modern day society using Kilgore Trout and a used car salesmen as tour guides. Vonnegut plays on all aspects of society, from race, to industrialization, to the fragility of the human mind, and finally to the ability and far reaching possibilities of the imagination. Breakfast is witty and comical, but I recommend some of his other novels if you are looking for the better side of Vonnegut.
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Summary: To Luis Solis: Read the Book Before You Review It
Review: How dare you give this masterpiece only 2 stars AND also claim that you've never read the novel? The ignorance in this world astonishes me.
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Summary: Controlled Lunacy!
Review: Three stars is a good rating for me. Rarely do I give 4 or more. That said, I thought the first 2/3 of this book was absolutely hysterical. Yes, it was juvenile. Yes, it was even infantile at times, but it was fun. If you're looking for a light hearted read, and you like satire, then this is the book for you. Vonnegut has the ability to make us laugh at what we are, when most would waddle in the misery and wretchedness of human behavior. A WARNING: this is not a book for the politically correct.
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Summary: Amazing.
Review: Kurt Vonnegut plays god in this novel and has a lot of fun doing it. He's a crazy old man and I love him.
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Summary: SEE THE MOVIE
Review: I didn't read the book, but I saw the movie (which by the way filmed near my hometown). It stars Bruce Willis as the wacky Dwane Hoover. the movie to me was OK
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Summary: Great book!
Review: I am a grade 11 student and I had to read this book for an assignment. It is the best book I have ever read and it kept my attention for the whole time. It was so good that I was tempted to read it for one whole day.
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Summary: Beautiful book
Review: This book is in NO way sexist or racist. If you see it as racist because of the way the author describes a black man, you are truly an ignorant person. Vonnegut is just telling it like it is. When he says that rich white males rule the world, he isn't saying it's RIGHT, but simply that's how it is. This book was hilarious and haunting at the same time. Anyone who thinks it should not be analyzed, that it has no message, or that it is a bigotrous and self-centered book... wow... I actually would have to pity that person for not being able to fully enjoy this masterpiece.
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Summary: Very funny, very sad
Review: I read this book just before I saw the newly released movie this weekend, and the book (to use a cliche) is much better than the movie. Very witty stuff.
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Summary: A healthy dose of reality
Review: Many critics who have written their reviews below appear to believe that this book is either a brilliant summary of our society or a great big pile of trash. I believe that it is somwhere in between. Like Mark Twain, who warned his readers at the beginning of Huckelberry Finn to not analyze his literary work, nor try to find a point, Vonnegut seems to enjoy writing simply what he observes in every day life. Vonnegut never intends to have philosophical opinions and certainly doesn't wish to have his works read by Oprah's Book Club. Breakfast of Champions can offend almost any reader due to its racism, sexism, pornographic content, and political commentaries. This is the greatest aspect of the novel because Vonnegut tells his readers one thing that is very simple and blunt: he doesn't care what you think. This is a very refreshing quality for an author to possess because in today's world it is rare to stumble upon a written work that is not politically correct. Through reading this novel, I have come to respect Kurt Vonnegut for his honesty and his fearlessness in telling what he believes to be true. I only wish that there were more authors with Vonnegut's courage and talent.
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