fiona_mc shared a tip "I thought Vonnegut was quite cool before reading this book. Some racial slurs were said, which I understand because that's how they described such people at the time. You even see racial slurs in period pieces that were anti-racism. I think Vonnegut was going for the same effect. What really threw me off however was when he created a new derogatory way to describe a race! He described, to whichever extraterrestial reading this book, Vietnamese people as, "Yellow robots which live off of rice," this was meant to be comedic. Yes, Vonnegut is a philosophical guy but if be had any knowledge of ethics, he'd know that introducing a new, horrible perspective on a minority damages their quality of life and uplifts his own. Yes we're all hunks of meat on a rock but can we have the option of not living in agony?"

bwilson shared a tip "Vonnegut is a very special author, with a very special outlook. Satire, humor, compassion, and dealing with life. Start with this title, or start with Slaughterhouse-5, or really any Vonnegut. If one of them speaks to you, read another, and another, and so on. My favorite is Cat's Cradle."