Slapstick
- 243
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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About the book
Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! is a novel by American author Kurt Vonnegut. Written in 1976, it depicts Vonnegut's views of loneliness, both on an individual and social scale.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 143 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 49% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.5 | 8 | 6% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 11 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 7.3 | 124 | 87% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“I didn’t understand majority of it. Did not find it funny, it was a hard read for me.”
Frequently asked
How long is Slapstick?
It has 243 pages — shorter than 87% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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