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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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Summary: Vonnegut's funniest book
Review: This was suppose to be his last, thus paving the path for the most outrageous book he has written. Funniest and most unique book I have read to this point in my life.
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Summary: whoa mama ... creeeeepy!
Review: I don't know about the rest of the world, but I found this particular Vonnegut effort bone-chilling. Its a direct strike at madness through the guise of normality rings true to me, or to anyone whose actually had a nervous breakdown. But I love the book. Its brilliant, honest, shocking and surprise-surprise: touching. Trout evokes in us, and most probably in Hoover, the need to seek truth in the most obscure places when real world seems putrid with pain and about to fall apart. Though not as outstanding as Slaughter-House Five, this is a personal effort worthy of remembrance, if only to understand the man better.
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Summary: An epiphany for me at 16
Review: In 1973, at 16 years of age, this is the first book I read on my own,(not assigned school reading). Thank you Mr. Vonnegut for helping lift the veil of hypocrisy from my eyes so light may be let in.
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Summary: My favorite Vonnegut novel
Review: Vonnegut is one of my favorite authors, and the literary equivelant of a Coen Brothers film. This book, in my own opinion is Vonnegut's best (well, maybe a tie with "Cat's Cradle"). This is one of the few books I have tore threw in one day, The only other one that comes readily to mind is George Stark's "Comeback".
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Summary: My Review is Great... no, Breakfast of Champions is Great
Review: We all seem to be so free with our criticisms of objects of art. When I was fired as a schoolteacher for recommending Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions to my college-bound seniors here in Alabama, I was forced to confront the merits of the books. Sure, Kurt is self-indulging. That's why we like him. He is a moralist. This is a fine book that I would recommend to every person. It is hard to label one of KV's books the best. But if I were forced to do so, Breakfast of Champions would be the best.
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Summary: Wow...what a racist book!
Review: One thing about the author is, he loves the "n-word" and he hates blacks. I never could understand how people who call themselves imaginative creators take such pride in alienating select audiences. Don't you want people to buy the darn book??? You effectively killed your black audience, Kurt. Now, I'm a smart man with a high tolerance for stupidity and wacked opinions and am often able to find art in the sublime. From another black man's promptings, I bought the book and read it. I was disgusted. No doubt, Quentin Tarrantino is clammoring for the rights to make the film. If you don't like blacks and you're the type of person who feels that nobody ever gets your jokes, this "book" is for you.
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Summary: One of my personal favorites!
Review: I don't really know if many of the people who give this book a luke-warm review even know what they are talking about. Take it at face value without putting too much forethought into the fact that Kurt Vonnegut wrote Slaughterhouse-five and you will realize that it is a great, thought provoking, hilarious novel. I would recommend anyone to give it a try.
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Summary: What can I say? It's Vonnegut.
Review: Not Vonnegut's best, but not his worst. Not that it really matters, because his worst is still worth buying and reading. A little too fantastic and meandering for my taste, but the satire never misses.
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