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Slapstick or Lonesome No More! by Kurt Vonnegut

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monkeyboystiff's review against another edition

3.0

Some funky Vonnegut stuff in there especially about creating extended families with new middle names, but lacking a decent central spine. More like a novella really, a first draft.

bvic's review against another edition

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funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

reviews_with_rach's review

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challenging dark funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

lisim's review against another edition

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ich dachte, dass man vonnegut gelesen haben muss, aber man muss gar nichts

gracehourigan's review

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adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

joemdief's review against another edition

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3.0

Vonnegut manages to bring to light the stupidity in human kinds classification of everyone into "family" groups. Blood relatives, from the same state and/or country relatives, or simply piling ourselves into a particular group of people because it seems to be the "right" or "best" one. He spotlights the idiocy of war, and how it comes about because of these "family" ties which lack reason and logic in the first place. When we remove the various titles and relations we label our lives with, we really all are the same two legged, "intelligent", reproducing creatures.