Breakfast of Champions vs Struwwelpeter: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fiction
Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast Of Champions is vintage Vonnegut. One of his favorite characters, aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. The result is murderously funny…
1 film adaptation
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Struwwelpeter
Struwwelpeter is a collection of children's poetry meant to serve as instructions for life's lessons. Most of the stories tell the tale of a child's misbehavior and the grizzly end they will meet if they do not change…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Struwwelpeter is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 5 for Breakfast of Champions.
- Breakfast of Champions has the widest readership — 285692 ratings behind its score.
- Breakfast of Champions runs the darker storyline; Struwwelpeter stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Struwwelpeter
≈ 1h vs 5h for Breakfast of Champions
New to the genre?
Breakfast of Champions
Moderate vs Demanding for Struwwelpeter
In the mood for something dark?
Breakfast of Champions
a darker storyline than Struwwelpeter
Want something lighter?
Struwwelpeter
an easier tone than Breakfast of Champions
Scores by source
| Breakfast of Champions | Struwwelpeter | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (285692) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (724) | 3.9 (10) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (391) | 4.0 (14) |
Reception
| Breakfast of Champions | Struwwelpeter | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 285692 | 19 |
| Editions | 60 | 48 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 188040 | — |
| Reading it now | 6568 | — |
| Written reviews | 12506 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 9158 | 12025 |
| Pages | 322 | 24 |