If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
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Average rating3.7
Found it to be quite repeative in parts but the themes and humour of of Kurt made it mad fun. Such succinct hard hitting life lessons this packed.
I randomly purchased this book based on recommendations. I didn't know who Kurt Vonnegut was. It's a collection of talks given to University freshmen. It's short, funny by moment, insightful and brings oneself to think. Kurt obviously had a huge amount of empathy. What shines in those talks is his ability to make us understand others point of view. I will definitely pick-up his books after this introduction. Recommended.
I'll admit I just got this because it was really cheap on the Kindle library while I was loading it for a trip - and I like Vonnegut, so what the hell. I didn't expect it to be quite so much a book you'd really only give to a recent graduate but I still found his speeches - not two the same, but all echoing the same sentiments - just as pleasantly quirky and heartwarming as his books. He seems like such a great guy. Would love to pick up a biography sometime.
Anyways basic advice takeaways - be kind and merciful to your fellow humans. Be a pacifist, war is no good. We should care about the environment because we're destroying the earth. The normal career path is not necessary to get where you're going. There needs to be more than two people in a family - and more than a nuclear family - humans are built on community.
Anyhoo maybe pick this up for your next grad but wouldn't go seeking it out otherwise, unless it's $1.99
“If this isn't nice, what is?”
I wanted to read Kurt Vonnegut since a long time and somehow I happened to stumble across this book in my vast e-library. It's a short interesting book. This book is written for people who're standing on the helm of graduation and wondering “Okay, now what?”
It's a compendium of Kurt's hilariously profound take on various ideas like life, love, education, war, humanity, art, media and of course graduation! Well, I'm about to graduate in next few days and Kurt's message and this book, both stuck a chord. Read it for Vonnegut's amazing sense of humor and thought provoking wit. He's indeed the master of black comedy and satire!
This is the first Vonnegut book that I read and I sure am looking forward to explore more of his works!