Catch 22

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Summary: Tour de Force
Review: What this book lacks in artistry it more than makes up for in energy, and in those great moments of Lewis Carroll logic. Any book that exposes the moral bankruptcy that is warfare in our time as beautifully as this one does deserves classic status. But I sure wish I could throw out all those redundant adverbs Heller uses to describe how his characters talk, he said helpfully.

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Summary: Absolutely brilliant
Review: The most incredible thing about Catch 22 is the way it works on so many different levels. I've read Catch 22 about 6 times over 4 years, and each time it stirs a different emotion. It's hilarious, it's sad, it's uplifting, it's prophetic...in short, it's brilliant. The only caution I can give is that if you're not the type of person who can simply accept what a book says without pressing your own beliefs on it, then you shouldn't read this book. Otherwise, PLEASE read it!!!!!!

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Summary: Absolutely, horribly, side splittingly brilliant.
Review: In this war only the crazy are sane- and the only way to stay sane is to be absolutely crazy. It takes a stroke of genius (or total insanity) to attack war with humor. Indeed in the hands of a less than gifted writer the results would not be pleasant. However Joseph Heller pulls it off; Catch-22 is both one of the funniest books in the world and one of the greatest testaments to the horrors of war ever written.

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Summary: The funniest, how war is a blast
Review: Catch 22 is about army misfits who do everything against the rules. Truly entertaining book. Yhis book will become anyone's 1st place booj.

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Summary: Yossarian Lives
Review: It is without a doubt the best piece of anecdotal satirical fiction I have ever read. The insanely logical conversations are the hardest and most enjoyable to follow.

Read it, discuss it, argue about it, either way there is no escaping the power that this book has. There is however a catch. Catch-22.

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Summary: I was kickd out of my english class for laughing so hard....
Review: This book simply rocks. Philosophy aside, this book is just damned funny; I cracked up every time I read about Major Major Major, and the ridiculous details of Milo's financial exploits sent me rolling with laughter. The only problem I found with this book was Heller's verbosity (thats a word, right?) ... some of the chapters made me want to just put the book down. (The good thing about this is that I learned a bunch of cool words) I would reccomend this book to anyone who has a good sense of humor..

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Summary: A witty, saterical piece of truth, in a world of lies
Review: One word can sum up this book. Real! This book is a witty, saterical piece of truth, in a world of lies. Joseph Heller does a masterfull job not only of writing this book, but of expressing the true emotins of a person, who is scared to death of war. In closing, this book is loved for the same reasons that it is hated.

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Summary: I love this book. It was great.
Review: I first read Catch-22 late last year and found to be a great book, but extremely weird. After reading it again this year, I think it was one of the greatest war novels ever written. It had me in fits of laughter. I particularly liked the description of the various Catch-22's. My favourite characters were Orr and Yossarian. They were both absolutely crazy!! I especially enjoyed the whole crabapple and horse chestnut episode. Catch-22 is a truly great novel.

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Summary: spectacular
Review: Catch-22 is the most remarkable book ever written. It contains everything from mind bending mysteries to halarious satire. I am Only a junior in high school but this book makes me feel like I am a scholar. After reading this book one figures out many bizzare ideas that the author is trying to convey. Then when the reader thinks he knows what is going to happen next, Heller turns the plot into a mind boggling order of events that are actually out of order and in order at the same time. This novel is clearly the work of a genious and the most fantastic novel ever written

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Summary: One of the greatest Anti-War novels
Review: I've read this book about half a year ago and it was definitely one of the funniest and yet eye opening and myth shattering books i've ever read. The catch is obscure and indefineable but it's there everywhere. I'm in the army and i see people trying to get out yossriain does all the time and get the same answers. The catch is there. I live it every day. Joseph Heller depicted it in great accuracy - after reading it i had to think a lot more about the way i'm going to continue my military service.