Finally read Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut

By memoryPlanet47

This book is just ridiculously good. Like, really. It was the last one I needed to read to say I’d finished up Kurt’s list (though, okay, I couldn’t get through Player Piano—I’ll get to it), and I honestly didn’t expect it to hit this hard. In my opinion it’s an A+, and I saw that he kind of rated it the same way in an interview. It also totally holds up alongside Cat’s Cradle and S5. Different vibe for sure, but just as good, maybe even better. There are also some passages and whole speeches that are flat-out amazing. The moment where he knocks Bernie O’hare down the stairs—yeah, that was great. I do have one question about the ending though. Why does he kill himself? I understand he might feel like that makes sense, but that part happens so fast. I was waiting for more of an explanation or for him to spell out what it all meant. Maybe I just missed something, or maybe I’m overthinking it and trying to find deeper meaning where there isn’t any.