Breakfast of Champions

Executive Summary: I didn't like this as much as I'd hoped. However it hasn't put me off from trying some of his other work at some point.

Audiobook: This book is strange. Was it made more strange by John Malkovich? It's hard to say for sure. It probably didn't help. Don't get me wrong, I like strange, but I wonder how much was simply the presentation. The real reason I'd recommend against doing this audio isn't the narrator however. There are apparently a bunch of drawings. I didn't know that. Mr. Malkovich “describes” them but I'd rather have been able to see them for myself.

Full Review
I first heard of Kurt Vonnegut when I was growing up in the 90s. He seemed to be one of my older sister's favorites. Maybe I'm wrong, but I recall seeing several of his books laying around the house. For some reason I never picked them up myself.

I'm not sure if this was the best choice for my first book of his. Only time (and reading another book or two) will tell. I owned 2 of his books already, as I needed an audio book, I opted for this one first.

I never really got into it. It was strange. I'm not really sure how I feel about it. I didn't really like any of the characters for one. The premise was interesting, but I never really got caught up in it.

I was born after this book takes place. That may have hurt my enjoyment as well. There were a few funny parts. There were several parts and language that made me uncomfortable to read. It's certainly more literary than most of what I read. Maybe I just wasn't in the right frame of mind to really enjoy it.

Either way I'm glad I did, and I do plan to try out at least the other book of his I already own at some point, but probably not as quickly as I would have if I enjoyed this one a bit more.