Wednesday, 18 July 2012

66. Galapagos, by Kurt Vonnegut.

Galapagos was recommended to me by a friend, who is a Vonnegut fan. I haven't read any of his other books, although I'd probably give at least one more a read. Galapagos is set a million years from now, and is told by the ghost of a man that died building a cruise ship.It's written in a bit of an interesting way, because it's looking back on everything, and most of the suspenseful events are pre-explained.

I'm not entirely sure I'm a fan of writing things in and alluding to them multiple times before they actually happen, but it was different, and not necessarily in a bad kind of way. While I generally like having more guesswork involved, figuring out the parts of the story that weren't main plot points was a challenge in itself. It's an amusing read, although it wasn't what I was expecting.

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