Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut
1998
Weight: 8.8 oz
Method of Disposal: Lending Library
Okay. After my previous post ranting and raving about how truly awesome and amazing and easy to read Kurt Vonnegut is and has always been, I read Timequake. Soooooo.....not so great. There were still many witty Vonnegut moments, snippets that made me laugh out loud, and, yes, even things I might consider tattooing on my body but, overall, not so great.
Also, after recently talking about some of the delightful feminism I found in a couple of his other books, I was not feeling it so much in this one. Not that he was overwhelmingly kind to men or women. I was about done with all the penis jokes and imagery about halfway through the book. While he is known for being blunt and fun and, so I do not fault him for this or think he does not have every right to do so, I was going to vomit if I had to hear anymore about anyone ejaculating in someone's birth canal--particularly in the instance of rape, which was clearly described as such but never called rape.
I guess my advice to you is that you should read this if you love Vonnegut and are not too squeamish or "square" as they say, but it is absolutely not the first Vonnegut book I would recommend you pick up.
1998
Weight: 8.8 oz
Method of Disposal: Lending Library
Okay. After my previous post ranting and raving about how truly awesome and amazing and easy to read Kurt Vonnegut is and has always been, I read Timequake. Soooooo.....not so great. There were still many witty Vonnegut moments, snippets that made me laugh out loud, and, yes, even things I might consider tattooing on my body but, overall, not so great.
Also, after recently talking about some of the delightful feminism I found in a couple of his other books, I was not feeling it so much in this one. Not that he was overwhelmingly kind to men or women. I was about done with all the penis jokes and imagery about halfway through the book. While he is known for being blunt and fun and, so I do not fault him for this or think he does not have every right to do so, I was going to vomit if I had to hear anymore about anyone ejaculating in someone's birth canal--particularly in the instance of rape, which was clearly described as such but never called rape.
I guess my advice to you is that you should read this if you love Vonnegut and are not too squeamish or "square" as they say, but it is absolutely not the first Vonnegut book I would recommend you pick up.
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