jakewelch • read

03/23/2025 - 04/05/2025 – Loved this one, not as much as Slaughter House 5, but much much more than Cat's Cradle. The entire thing was so delightfully stupid. Like just plain dumb (non-derogatory). It was such a nasty read on American culture and values, Vonnegut really didn't mince his words. I appreciated that the story was grounded in reality for the most part and found its humor in the characters. The narrative style was a lot of fun swapping between Dwayne and Kilgore and explaining everything as if its for someone completely unfamiliar with earth to understand. This especially drove home Vonnegut's classic bit of repetitive one-liners (i.e. leaks, random dick measurements, Sparky the dog who couldn't wag his tail so he had to fight all the time, etc.) I especially loved the random sudden insertion of himself in the story after chapter 19 that just completely derailed the entire thing. Like I've never seen someone give less of a shit about the seriousness of their book and it was just so fucking funny. 5/5.