Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five (Modern Critical Interpretations)

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Summary: Great story set in WWII with a time loop twist
Review: This book is a series of flashbacks of the life of a WWII veteran, his family, and various time alterations. It has a unique message about life and death. Read it!

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Summary: Anti-war book different from any other anti war book
Review: This book is deep, as expected. Some of the reviewers claim it to be a bad book, but they don't explain why they believe this book to be bad, they only mention that it was confusing. Like anyother good quality book, theater, music, or painting, this one is complicated. If it was obvious and simple, than it would not be brilliant, but common. It is ok for people not to enjoy this book, as long as they have understood it entirely and are able to explain their criticism. For those who hate it for the simple fact that it is confusing, I recommend these people to re-read it and be focused. This is no Judy Blume book. This is more like a book by Kafka, where you have to sit back and take the story to another level and not just look at it superficially.
What I most found amazing about Vonnegart is that he is able to write an anti-war book like no other man has. For instance, if you get JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN which I particularly enjoyed, the book has a a morbid, enraged, and sad tone and mood. Vonnegart does the contrary. Instead of describing a sad, violent, and unfair event with the obvious emotions that he felt, he chooses to describe the bombing of Dresden with sarcasm and humour. Interestingly enough, his humour has a much bigger effect on the reader. When he talks about being unstuck in time, he is basically saying that the events that occurred during the war still lives in his mind. The Tralfolmadorians are really one of the best things Vonnegart has added to his book. The symbolism is great. I will not say my interpretation of them because that might interfere and ruin it for others. That is all I have to say, this is an amazing book and everyone should read it. If you have not understood it, read it again. It is worthwhile.
What is there to say about a massacre but "Pooteeweet?"...Vonnegart is simply brilliant.

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Summary: Amazing
Review: This book is one of the best written and thought out books I have ever read. People who say this book is too hard to follow and hard to understand are not reading it hard enough. It is so well thought out, and so easy to follow once you are into it. Kurt wrote it so it wouldn't be the same old book in the same setting all the time. That is one reason it is so good. Kurt can take three differnet places, all over the universe all throughout time, and mesh them together so well, that it makes so much sense. thanks for listening to jiberish

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Summary: After reading the book, see the movie
Review: This is one of the best books I have ever read. And when I saw the movie, I was amazed. They covered everything and beautifully.

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Summary: One of the best anti-war books I've ever read
Review: This isn't a science fiction book. This isn't an allegorical book about inner strength.If you think this after having read it, you can't read between the lines. This is a book about war. A book about what war does to people.It throws young boys and civilians into the meatgrinder. It leaves wounds that never heal in the minds of those who survived.It's about showing the harsh reality behind all the hollow patriotic and propagandistic phrases. No more,no less.

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Summary: its Grrrrreat!
Review: this was the funniest book I have ever read. it was so great. unlike other books where they get off on a slow start. this book made me laugh at the start and hooked me as well.

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Summary: Vonnegut ammused me with his unpredictable satire.
Review: Vonnegut (on whom I am writing my senior research paper) is a sarcastic and brilliant author, he combines a casual life with the extrodinary events of war, science fiction, and a human reaction to relevance, morality, religion, and society. He preaches that we are all, at some point destined to be completely unsatisfied with ourselves becuase of experiences that we have gone through, and therefore, will realise the idiocy of living life in accordance with the society that surrounds us. Funny, and concise. Made me pnder the meaning of life....well, not really.

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Summary: very unique...truly a good read
Review: vonnegut really goes beyond the call when he writes S.H.5. i enjoyed the changes of time and the vonnegut style that effects the whole sense. truly a good read for those of a higher learning.