not my favorite vonnegut i’ve read but this was still solid and truly a timeless piece of classic especially in regard to its message that even though history repeats itself and continuously tells us the same things and sends us the same warnings, we refuse to take the cultural blinders off and thus as he states “history is merely a list of surprises … it can only prepare us to be surprised yet again.”

hi ho.

"Why don't you take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut? Why don't you take a flying fuck at the mooooooooooooon?"

I don't really know what to say about this book. It's totally absurd. Also smart, witty, and completely entertaining. Not my favorite KV, but a worthy read.

After 40 pages of 'hi ho' I said 'ho hum' and gave up. That would be 1/4 way thru. If nothing happens in the first quarter of a story I figure it isn't going to--that or I'm not sitting around waiting for it. Re-reading Vonnegut is making me wonder what I saw in him to begin with. I still think Sirens of Titan and Slaughterhouse Five are great but I no longer grok the rest of it. It must be me cos he's got too many fans for it to be otherwise. Oh and I don't see the Laurel & Hardy connection. Maybe that happens later. If so I missed it.

Не найкраща книга Воннеґута, але все ще класна. Фірмовий сарказм та сатира нікуди не поділись, типовий парадоксальний кінець світу, мікрокитайці та інші приколи.
Проте, мабуть, найсильніша частина це пролог, де Курт розповідає про свою родину і передісторію створення "буфонади".