Luke’s Reviews > Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! > Status Update

Haven’t been reading as much as I’d like to last few days, Thanksgiving weekend really got in the way. But I’m enjoying the absurdity of this story a lot, and the emotional connection is starting to form fully for me. I don’t think this is one of my favorite Vonnegut books, but it’s definitely better and more enjoyable than Player Piano!

Did Kurt Vonnegut lowkey predict the “male loneliness epidemic”? (This is a joke I swear)

This book is certainly strange and I don’t fully connect with it like some of Kurt’s others, but I still like it. Also just love how readable it is. 60 pages goes by in a flash!

Man I forgot how quickly Vonnegut books just fly by (well, except for Player Piano). This one is really interesting so far, I like how it’s basically telling two stories at once, about Wilbur’s past with his sister, and his present in a strange dystopian Manhattan. Can’t imagine this will take me much longer to read (famous last words Luke).

The way this book is written kinda reminds me of Mother Night, except with a more out there story that’s a bit reminiscent of Cat’s Cradle. Definitely interesting so far. The way that Wilbur describes himself and his sister as having to hide their intelligence from other people was eerily reminiscent of James, the last book I read. How does the universe forge connections like this?

It was time, I needed to go back to the VonneGOAT. Only one book away from completing my reading challenge for this year, which seemed out of reach just a few months ago. Love how this opens with a prologue of Kurt talking about his actual life, really sets the tone for what to expect from the wacky (at least, I assume it’ll be wacky) story that’s about to unfold. Hi ho.