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Catch 22

Catch 22

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A MASTERPIECE
Review: No Matter how many times I revise my top 5 list, CATCH-22 is ALWAYS on it. Absolutely Brilliant. A time volley with no compass.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Brilliant!
Review: what can i say? my copy is all bookmarked, doggy eared and underlined. i open it at any page and read onwards.

i strongly recommend (and, please, read the original, not a translation)

enjoy ;)

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Very original but pointless
Review: Some of the passages in this novel made me chuckle a little. No much, though. The kind of humor employed was strange and I have never seen it before but it just wasn't that funny. The novel had no plot. I don't think it was ever meant to have a plot. But the thing I hated most about this incredibly boring novel was the author's style which when he wanted to refer to something he repeated what the think was completely and used no pronouns. I cannot tell you how much I hated reading the same thing fifty times. He could have literally cut the book by a third then I might have actually finished it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hilarious, the perfecta mix of cynicism and black humor
Review: It is wonderful when all the bits and pieces finally come together at the end.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Unreal
Review: The word brilliant doesn't even begin to describe this book. The fact that a human wrote it restores my faith in the race. This is not an understatement.

If you only read on book (ever), make it this one.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Masterpiece
Review: I first read "Catch 22" when I was 16, and I still revisit the book once a year. The characters are so well-developed and intriguing, it's hard to tire of "Catch 22". Other Joseph Heller books are quite enjoyable, but this one will always stand out as a milestone for American literature.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Outrageously hilarious and painfully gut-wrenching
Review: Highly entertaining, thought-provoking, gut-wrenching. The wonderful circular narrative and diologue caused me many times to laugh so much that I had to stop reading to get control of myself. The disjointed, insanely spiraling narrative (I love reading reviews which condemn this sort of thing. Broaden your horizons, people, this is almost the twenty-first century) draws you in with fabulous humor and then hits you with such unexpected images of horror that you are left reeling. A fanastic novel, one of the best and most important of this century.

"I'm cold."

"There, there."

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Catch-22 made me laugh more than any other book.
Review: Catch-22 is one of those books that is good for entertainment, but unfortunately it is constantly being picked apart by critics. I enjoyed the book for its creative style, and humorous situations. What I don't understand is why people must try to look between the lines to find some political motivation behind its humor and satire. The critics need to remember that it is fiction, and only fiction. It is meant to be read for enjoyment. I really enjoyed this book, and I would recomend it to any person who reads for entertainment purposes, and not for political purposes.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Spontaneous, insane, a classic mockery of the unmockable.
Review: Catch 22 takes everything we look up to and respect and makes us want to spit on it, and vice versa. Chewing gum under the table will be seen an advanced microchip, and a respectful, bright person will be seen as a democrat.

This is why I liked this book so much. If I were a character in Catch 22, Heller probably would have turned me into a king.

The great thing about Catch 22 is that a man can write a book that makes no sense and has an insane plot and come out with a best seller. I have no idea why this occurs, but I go with the flow and I say Catch 22 is one of the greatest books I've ever read.

I recommend this book to anyone who laughs at anything besides your everyday Disney type slap stick humor, and anyone who knows what everyone else hates.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The American Masterpeice
Review: Heller, in his novel Catch 22, has created a unique peice of Literature, one uniquely American. The Jumping style of Heller's writing, the bewildering characters all create an excellent novel. Milo, Snowden, Orr, Major Major Major Major, and Yossarian are America reflected upon itself, in a form that challenged us all.


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