I liked his writing and his quirky story line. I've heard many talk about his books, mostly "Slaughterhouse-Five". Because my friends have told me I HAVE to read Vonnegut I may have set my expectations too high for this one. It's what was available in our small, rural town. ( )

Read 60 pages and decided not to finish. Vonnegut is a pleasant read and there was lots of wit, but it felt too dated for me right now. ( )

It strikes me, not for the first time whilst reading Vonnegut that writers can be divided into two camps. The ones who have to work to include that smart-arse-clever line/sentence/phrase they jotted down somewhere, sometime and really really need to get in. Who was it who said that the more you like something you've written down, the more likely it is that you should take it out? And the ones who, even if what they say hits you with a jolt - and Vonnegut's lines often do that - they nonetheless fit in. They aren't forced, they naturally belong just there where the reader sets upon them. There is a hilarious Kilgore Trout story about Einstein trying to get into heaven in Jailbird. He goes through an audit first and then:

Rest here: http://alittleteaalittlechat.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/jailbird-by-kurt-vonnegut/ ( )

It strikes me, not for the first time whilst reading Vonnegut that writers can be divided into two camps. The ones who have to work to include that smart-arse-clever line/sentence/phrase they jotted down somewhere, sometime and really really need to get in. Who was it who said that the more you like something you've written down, the more likely it is that you should take it out? And the ones who, even if what they say hits you with a jolt - and Vonnegut's lines often do that - they nonetheless fit in. They aren't forced, they naturally belong just there where the reader sets upon them. There is a hilarious Kilgore Trout story about Einstein trying to get into heaven in Jailbird. He goes through an audit first and then:

Rest here: http://alittleteaalittlechat.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/jailbird-by-kurt-vonnegut/ ( )

It strikes me, not for the first time whilst reading Vonnegut that writers can be divided into two camps. The ones who have to work to include that smart-arse-clever line/sentence/phrase they jotted down somewhere, sometime and really really need to get in. Who was it who said that the more you like something you've written down, the more likely it is that you should take it out? And the ones who, even if what they say hits you with a jolt - and Vonnegut's lines often do that - they nonetheless fit in. They aren't forced, they naturally belong just there where the reader sets upon them. There is a hilarious Kilgore Trout story about Einstein trying to get into heaven in Jailbird. He goes through an audit first and then:

Rest here: http://alittleteaalittlechat.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/jailbird-by-kurt-vonnegut/ ( )