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Summary: The classic.
Review: I had heard this book mentioned many times by many people in literary circles, and thus I bought it to read, just for the experience. It is without a doubt one of the classic anti-war novels, deserving a place right beside Heller's "Catch-22". It discusses the personal affects of the war on the children that are forced to carry it. Theough Vonnegut's eyes you see that it is not all heroic like the movies would have you believe. And of course it has Vonnegut's classic touch of humor. A fantastic book, everyone should read it at least once. The reason it got four stars is because out of all of Vonnegut's novels, I feel this is one of his worst. But saying worst makes it sound as if its bad. Its not, its fantastic, just not as good as his others.
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Summary: Slaughterhouse JIVE!
Review: Sorry, I always have to put lame titles for my reviews. Anyways, this was my first Vonnegut book. I figured that since it's considered a classic and all, I should see what it was all about. I knew it was going to be different. I knew it was going to be strange. I knew that I would enjoy the experience of reading it. But the question for each of those was "how much so?" Anyways, once I was done, I knew that I'd be reading more Vonnegut. This was one of those books where you can't immediately decide if you liked it or not. I thought, "I THINK I like it...err...maybe?" One of my friends, who is also a Vonnegut fan, let me borrow Breakfast of Champions, which I had no doubts about whether I liked it or not. I definately enjoyed Breakfast of Champions better. Slaughterhouse Five is great it its own right, for sure. War + Weirdness = Fun? ::shrugs:: Definately check this book out if you like original stuff! Haha.
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Summary: Vonnegut at his best
Review: Slaughterhouse Five is Vonnegut's magnum opus. At his best his strange worlds contains deeply humanistic themes and even at his worst Vonnegut is a very readable writer weaving higher themes in a deceptively simplistic style. Written as a reflection of the horror he witnessed while a POW during the bombing of Dresden, Vonnegut viewed this novel as a cathardic artistic release. Like most of his novels on the surface it seems a cartoonlike simplistic story. And as with most of his books beneath this exterior lay common Vonnegut themes. It's only at the end when we realize how the main character's experience at Dresden is the cause of his "alien visitations". Vonnegut's message is clear, at least for Billy: One person is pwerless to change things in this world and the best one can dois to focus on the good things. It's a deeply pessemistic view, adn Vonnegut has always acknowledged this viewpoint. But read on another level it's about the effect of war on the human psyche. One either faces its stupidity, acknowledges the pain and sufering or one becomes life Billy and finds other means to cope. Slaughterhouse Five is a great read and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Anti-war? Vaguely. There are other messages.
Review: Vonnegut is the only author who can write a book about time travel and not have it called science-fiction ... namely because he uses aliens and time travel only as a tool to get his message across. The Tralfamadorians can see in the fourth dimension -- time -- and only humans lay out things chronologically. One of the big points of the book is that when somebody dies, they still exist in so many other moments. Similarly, Billy Pilgrim travels through to any given moment, almost at any given time. If you're going to write a book involving time travel, why make it chronological in the first place? But don't worry, it's not so complicated as you think. I wouldn't exactly call myself a Vonnegut fan, but I like his style. For all the complexities of the book, the construction of his writing is surprisingly organized. So it goes.
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Summary: what vonnegut book REALLY needs a review
Review: Although you should all be reading the Vonnegut collection instead of reading my shanty review, I will go ahead and say that this book is wonderful by all standards.
Read it as soon as possible.
So it goes.
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Summary: First Vonnegut Read
Review: Slaughterhouse-Five is a novel about two things, the horrors of war, and the interesting concept of time and fate. Vonnegut scores in several sentences with clever wit sprinkled about effective and dazzling prose, and fails in about as many: sort, amateur bits of writing with imcomplete sentences and basic, undescriptive language. Vonnegut's writing as a whole is not amateur, don't get me wrong, but he fails at some of his experimental attempts, or as he says (and i'm paraphrasing, "I'm going to write this book for fun".
Example: "So it goes" proves to be more annoying than effective, and some things are sad just to be repeated later, rather than have any relivance. (ask for Wild Bob) Muddled, witty, brillaint, effective, uneffective, the novel is all of these, and much more. Three stars for a mixture of hits and misses, but overall, worth the read.
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Summary: Whoa
Review: Now that I think about it, I think that this is one of the best books that I have read. I notice that sometimes when I write I start jumping around and such through time and I can't help that this book had an effect on me. It was a fun read and it moves along quite quickly and it was never boring to me. One minute you're in a crowded boxcar living in excriment and the next you are recalling your wife's death. I thought the ending was great and really tied together this perfect anti-war novel. I had it figured out early on, which is unlikely for myself, yet made the book so much more enjoyable. A brilliant piece of literature.
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Summary: Great Message and Prose
Review: This book is awesome, and when I say that, I mean it in the words literal meaning: it inspires awe. The book almost seems as if it never ends. You don't feel as if anything is resolved, and I don't think that you are supposed to. The way Kurt Vonnegut tells this story makes you wonder unlike many other books you could read. I found myself pausing many times after certain passages, simply to ponder what I had just read. Although there are aliens in the story, I have a hard time calling this Science-Fiction, and that is because it holds such a great message for us Earthlings. That message is this: Life is filled with great moments and with dismal moments, both of these things are inevitable and impervious to change, so we should look at one another with love, and maximize the good and minimize the bad. This is a powerful fable, and should not be read lightly, even though it can be funny at times. The humor to me is secondary; first, one should look for the deeper meaning in the novel, whatever one seems to think that meaning is.
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Summary: More than what it seems
Review: I'm no literary critic by any means but to me this is a great book. In some way that I cannot describe in words Mr. Vonnegut tells his story and conveys his message by not taking a direct approach. On one side it is a story of WWII POWs, and on the other it is a science-fiction story of one man's unusually bland life. It is a must read book.
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Summary: Belongs in the Top 10 Greatest books of all time...
Review: Not only is Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse five his greatest achievment, it should also be considered one of the greatest novels ever written. The journey of Billy Pilgrim is such a tragic, depressing, and yet totally hilarious trip, only Vonnegut could pull it all off. It's one of the few books that I've read multiple times, and always manages to entertain me as though I was reading it for the first time. If you have never read this novel, you are missing out on one classic piece of literature, satire, and commentary on war and the meaning of life. And if you've never read Vonnegut, this is an outstanding introduction to one of the greatest literary minds of ours, or any other, time.
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