Being a sci-fi fan, I don't really know why I haven't read this book earlier. It's a classic one.The Sirens of Titan is very well written, I enjoyed the unmistakable style of Vonnegut. His satiric voice is famous, and is a trade mark of his stories. His choice of words is very good.
Using important subjects, for example religion, the book mocks at the human nature, which sometimes can take strange curves.
The story is funny, and often surprising. Vonnegut don't spare the characters, he gives them hard time.
I suspect that there were more hidden messages behind the front story, which I couldn't really grab. By one hand because I'm not good in deciphering symbols, sometimes I have trouble finding the hidden message between the lines. And by the other hand because the book was written in 1959, in a completely different era, with different problems, different world and all.
Still, there is something strange about the Sirens of Titan I cannot put my finger on - is it intentional? - so I gave four stars.
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