T
itle: God Bless you, Mr. RosewaterAuthor: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Genre: Fiction
Synopsis:"Eliot Rosewater, drunk, volunteer fireman, and President of the fabulously rich Rosewater Foundation, is the hero of this darkly-humored comic masterpiece. In the stingingly irreverent story of a man filled with total love for humanity and tormented by a maddeningly sane vision of society, the author has created a wild, brilliant, etched-in-acid portrayal of the greed, hypocrisy, waste, and folly of modern man. Once again Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., has written a novel that stands head, heart, and funnybone above all others on the scene today. (from back cover)"
My Thoughts
This is the second novel I am reviewing from my mystery 10 pack from Discover Books! Unfortunately, I could not even finish this one. It is less than 200 pages and I did not look forward to going back to reading it each night before bed. I get that it is a criticism of modern society that the rich men who want to give their money to the poor are depicted as insane or drunks, and maybe I would have enjoyed this as part of a college course where we discussed those criticisms, but I would not classify this as a pleasure read.
I'm not quite sure where the story is going, the characters are either unbelievable or uninteresting and most of all I just keep wishing the author would get to the point.
This one was just not for me, but feel free to politely disagree in the comments below!
Comment below if you have read this book or have suggestions for others like it!
To buy this book from Amazon now, click on the image at the top of the post.
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This is the second novel I am reviewing from my mystery 10 pack from Discover Books! Unfortunately, I could not even finish this one. It is less than 200 pages and I did not look forward to going back to reading it each night before bed. I get that it is a criticism of modern society that the rich men who want to give their money to the poor are depicted as insane or drunks, and maybe I would have enjoyed this as part of a college course where we discussed those criticisms, but I would not classify this as a pleasure read.
I'm not quite sure where the story is going, the characters are either unbelievable or uninteresting and most of all I just keep wishing the author would get to the point.
This one was just not for me, but feel free to politely disagree in the comments below!
Comment below if you have read this book or have suggestions for others like it!
To buy this book from Amazon now, click on the image at the top of the post.
To see more from the author, visit the website linked above
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