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Summary: Fantastic
Review: From what I see, you either love or loathe this book. I love it, of course. It's hillariously funny, at yet so uncomprising in it's attack on war and our mentality. The parts at the end of the book where Yossarian walks through the sreets, totally helpless as he watches all sorts of evil things being done to people, are really powerful. CATCH-22, as I see it, describes a world that has become so hard and evil that it paralyzes the people living in it, and a war serving the interest, not of the people it's supposibly fought for, but the interest of the officers and the capitalists (Milo). A world where every glimt of common sense is seen on as insanity, and a world populated with people desperately needing someone to hold on to, someone to touch.
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Summary: Great book...but the movie? Hrm...no
Review: Really good book, it was a great change for me from my usual boring technical books. Really worth the time.
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Summary: Excellent, Thought-provoking novel...
Review: ... but I hate to disappoint many of you, because this book is not about WAR. It's about McCarthyist dogma. Substitute the word "communist" for the word "crazy" in Catch-22, and you'll see what it's really about.
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Summary: A marvelous piece of satire
Review: This book is wondeful, simply wonderful. It's interplay of characters is without comparison. When one character, i.e, Colonel Cathcart is introduced as a controlling freak, the reader instantly hates him. However, a few chapters later, one might find themeselves sympathising with his self-loathing and desperate need for validation in the eyes of his superiors. After reading about the chaplains pathetic humiliation, I was angry for days afterwalds, actually snapping at people, and bringing up a fictional character in arguements with my friends. ANY book wich can grip you like that is a classic.P.S. To the guy from 'Main Street USA', has Vietnam actually started for you yet? You sound as though you're a lonely 50's throwback.
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Summary: Hillariously horrifying.
Review: It is all said in the one-liner
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Summary: Read it once and you'll be hooked!
Review: This is without a doubt a must-read. It's one of the most hillarious and tragic books I've ever read.
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Summary: Funny, Sad, Moving, yes, all of the above!
Review: This is the kind of book that makes you sit back and think. It makes you laugh, and then you go from laughing to crying, to just plain old trying to sort out in your head what you just read. I usually dont like books that have to do with the war, but this book was definitly good enough where I could make it until the end.
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Summary: A 20th Century Classic
Review: Imagine M*A*S*H meets Monty Python meets Alice In Wonderland... this is as close to the mood of the story as I can get. I was amazed at the scathing wit Heller threw out from page to page, practically landing me face down on the floor in laughter more than once. What was even more wonderful was that such a humorous book carried such a powerful and harsh critique of war and our convaluted 20th century society. Catch 22 defies genre and will capture your heart with it's characters, comedy, and social critique.
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Summary: Long, but well worth the read.
Review: I found this novel extremely amusing, as well as having a profound influence on my outlook to war. Heller really makes you understand the characters and the position they are in. Brilliant.
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Summary: slightly tough to get your mind around, but WORTH IT
Review: One of the most thought-provoking books I've ever read. Heller's twisted logic is difficult at times, but it reflects the even more confused, insane logic of the book's very subject matter, WAR. The book is worth it for the memorable characters whom Heller has so vividly created.
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