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Summary: Great cover
Review: I'm sure anyone picking up this book will agree that it has a great cover: green and black, with a pinch of yellow for good measure, and a few words to top it all off. I really like how he decided to have his name on it, too. I wouldn't have known it was a Vonnegut novel if it hadn't.That Vonnegut is a genius.
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Summary: A quick and thought provoking read.
Review: Vonnegut journeys back 1 million years to the year 1986 to give us some insight to the danger of our large brains. Being my fifth or sixth Vonnegut book, this one was not a let down. It weaves a very interesting tale on a nonlinear trail to reveal what human kind has become, one million years later. It is a very quick read, I read it over the span of a few hours. Don't count this one out on the list of Vonnegut greats.
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Summary: Kurt's Very Best
Review: Sometimes zanny gets the better part of Kurt Vonnegut's novels, but Galapagos holds together throughout. His ability to wander off on curious detours and then pick up the plot where he left off is as entertaining as the oddball commetary on human behaviour and creativity of the set and characters. As funny as Breakfast of Champions with a more compelling plot, this work is destined to be a future classic. If Vonnegut would have ended with: "You'll adapt, you'll adapt", instead of: "You'll learn, you'll learn", Galapagos would, in my opinion, be amongst the greatest works of all time.
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Summary: ENTERTAINING BUT NOT WHAT I EXPECTED
Review: This being my first Vonnegut novel, I was hoping for something extraordinary. Needless to say I was amused but somewhat let down. The premise is attractive: Mankind is coming to end and fate leaves the future of humanity in the hands of an unexpecting lot of survivors. Who they are and how they get on the island is a mildly amusing tale. Vonnegut firmly confirmed his witty reputation as I read this novel. His thinnly veiled narrator sarcastically comments on all aspects of life from government to religion to basic human nature. The moral of the tale is that our big brains have began to combat Darwin's concept of evolution and that nature will someday remedy this in a big way. Overall the book was a quick read. Vonnegut's humor made it worth finishing, but I hope in the future to read a Vonnegut novel with a meatier plot too match the witty observations.
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Summary: Not his best book
Review: Galapagos is an interesting book delving into the genre of utopia prediction as only the cynical Kurt Vonegut can. His view of the future of the world is bleak and poignant, but this book, written in 1985, is no where near as funny as some of his previous works. Galapagos seems a bit drawn out and laborious, rehashing old themes that even in the 80's were probably not as pertinent as they could have been. It kept my interest because of the frequent references to the wildlife of the Galapagos islands, and not becuase of the supberb writing I have come to expect from Vonegut. If this is your first Vonegut book to read, then I pity you. Perhaps you would do better to read Slaughter House Five or Breakfast of Champions.
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Summary: A little off the deep end, but a really good book
Review: I don't think that I can say I have ever come across an author as creative as Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. His stories are great fun to read. This story has to do with the human race as we know it being wiped out and replaced by some sort of swimming humans through years of evolution. It is funny and has a deeper meaning imbedded within the text as most of his novels do. Overall, I would say that it is a great book and I really enjoyed it.
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Summary: not bad
Review: This book was very funny. It has a lot of very interesting points of view that make me feel not quite so bad when I lack a little depth of opinion at times on things that just aren't that important. It was however, very repetitive. The basic one liner of the book is that Big Brains are useless... if you must read the whole book to get that through your head, go for it. You won't regret it I'm sure.
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Summary: Good Vonnegut...from what I've read
Review: Put simply, I enjoyed this book. It made me laugh out loud at times and I appreciate any book that can do that. Kurt Vonnegut does a great job of highlighting many of the things wrong with human society, mostly brought on by our big brains and sometimes with a little help from our hands. On slavery: 'How can you enslave someone when all you have are flippers and a mouth?' To recap a few other critics out there, I do believe Slaughter-House Five to be Kurt Vonnegut's best book, so far. Though, admittedly, I've only read a few. But this is still a good book. If you choose to read it, enjoy! To other reviewers: Limit what you say - most of us don't need to read an essay or 1,000 word synopsis. And try not to give away too much!
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Summary: Galapogos
Review: this is a vonnegut best. most of his books sum up a post apocalyptical world leaving something to be desired, but this hits the nail on the head. a good read
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Summary: A thinkers book
Review: Vonnegut has created a thinking masterpiece that involves some of lifes great mysteries. While being short and easy to read the book covers a lot of interesting issues about humans and evolution. Once again Vonnegut makes peole think about why we do what we do.
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