i just finished this this book. i think that vonnegut is hilarious. this book made me think and wonder why he made this book. it makes me sad that he has passed away : ( this book did confuse me a bit not being able to really follow the time quakes. but still an interesting book. i loved it ( )

Paper-thin plot, but interesting enough in its own mostly-autobiographical way. Poignant and beautiful at times, but Mr. Vonnegut mostly just comes across as curmudgeonly old man. But then I guess he was at this point. ( )

My reading of this book came almost exclusively by accident -- from my father's generosity in buying it for me to my inexplicable need to pick it up just as I was to go to sleep last night. Needless to say, as I've read it in less than 24 hours, it was a very happy accident.

This is a different breed of Vonnegut, a Vonnegut that is as funny as he's ever been, but more caustic too. In salvaging a failed novel by interspersing its summation with ruminations on his life and characters, Vonnegut has created a living, breathing memorial to himself that's filled with the kind of humor, pathos, satire, scathing commentary, and pithy wisdom we've come to expect.

This is a battle-hardened Vonnegut, an angry but wizened Vonnegut, and it's among the very best Vonnegut there is.

Mr. Vonnegut has delved into the territory of the cranky old man. ( )

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