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Ґалапаґос
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Vonnegut is famous for his social satire, but this book takes misanthropy on a new level.
Despite being written more than forty years ago the story still resonates with our reality highlighting how little things changed and how much worse they became. Climate change dread and world war anxiety didn't go anywhere so the topics risen in the book are interesting but the way of presenting them is off-putting. I can't argue with most of author's comments on human society and his self-parody is good, but the book is repulsive. I cringed almost all the time I was listening to it.
In general, interesting but disgustingly described apocalypse that according to the author is the best thing that can happened to humanity.
Despite being written more than forty years ago the story still resonates with our reality highlighting how little things changed and how much worse they became. Climate change dread and world war anxiety didn't go anywhere so the topics risen in the book are interesting but the way of presenting them is off-putting. I can't argue with most of author's comments on human society and his self-parody is good, but the book is repulsive. I cringed almost all the time I was listening to it.
In general, interesting but disgustingly described apocalypse that according to the author is the best thing that can happened to humanity.
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well, I guess that's the brilliance of Vonnegut writing: it has multiple interpretations and still relatable.