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Summary: I remember them all....
Review: I read this book 25 years ago....and still remember the names of all the main characters....still remember the lines, the insanity of it all. This book taught me that it is possible to make money selling eggs for less than what you paid for them. Yossarian, Major Major.., the whore, the definition of Catch-22, the books ability to project that term into our culture....what can I say....except that I wish I was good enough to write something like this....
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Summary: This is my most favorite book
Review: I read Catch-22 in my first semester of college in '91. What inspired me was a "Life in Hell" cartoon by Matt Groening about the stages of growing up. There's one frame captioned, "realizing that everything you've ever believed is a lie," which shows the wide-eyed Bongo reading Catch-22. My english teacher had also listed it as one of the books we should read sometime in our lives. It put into words a lot of disillusionment that I felt, and also I laughed really hard.
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Summary: Simply the best
Review: I could write an entire passage explaining why this book is so great; but I won't. I'll just say that it is the greatest book I've ever read. It is filled with amazing wit and beautifully simple logic.
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Summary: Dark Humor
Review: So, I'll admitt the first time I read Catch 22 I laughed, I laugh a lot. It was quite funny. The second time I read Catch 22, I didn't laugh much at all, but when I did I stopped and realized what I was laughing at. The third time I read Catch 22 I didn't laugh at all. Catch 22 is an amazing piece of dark humor, it is hilariouse and sadening, light hearted and dark, it echos the tragity of war and the riduclas of it at the same time. I don't remeber who told me to read it, I don't remember when I finally got around to buying my own copy, and I don't remeber when reading it each year became a tradition, but it is. Catch 22 is wonderful, well drawn characters, interesting plot and eye opening situations. Read it, cry and laugh.
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Summary: This is a great book! Darkly Funny :)
Review: Well, I never had to read this for school but I read it because
my sister majored in english and she lent me the book because Ive always liked books that hold a mirror to society (1984,Brave New World..etc...) This one is no different, the catch-22 runs all of our lives.....in just about every way when you think about it...
I saw the movie of this book and I think it was true to the book completly....My favorite character is Yossarian...though Major Major is funny too.....I like this book because I am anti-war, there are more constructive ways to resolve conflicts without bloodshed....sports are a good way for example...but that would be too intelligent :) anyways....after you read this you will never want to join the military....period :) I wish one of my friends who joined the armed forces read this, perhaps he would have not joined....for all I know he could be dead now...anyways you should read it because you should be curious..not because I told you to read it :)
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Summary: Catch 22
Review: Catch-22 Catch 22 is a story about a captain who's name is yossairan he is a little crazy in his reactions to thing and his sudden out burst. This feature of the main character is what allows the book to have a fun mood to it at times in the book he will just question everything in life no matter how stupid the question is ex.who's hitler? these ar the type of questions you will find him asking in this WWII setting but the book ssem to also have a dark side which doesnt show until later on and you wonder is this real? The author seems to want to exagerate the characters so they represent the full basis of humanity . The story for Catch-22 seems to be forcing an anti-war theme along with the books story line for the reader can grasp that war is hell even for the people on reserves. But all good books have there problems and so does this book one of the biggest flaws is the sequential order of the chapters there is written in a way that does not follow ordinary time . It's story telling method closely resemble a quintin tarentino film rather than a book. Another diffuculty is the authors use of medaphores you may read sgt.lock heart loves to parade but in saying parade they really mean how he conducts his bussiness. If you are the type a reader who just reads books for enteratinment only this is not the book for you but if you want to enteratin your self while expanding you brain this book is highly recomended.
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Summary: Is there a catch to Catch-22.
Review: Catch-22 is a story about a man named Yossarian who is a bombardierfor America during WWII the story is a mix between in-depth story telling and insanity.This book is not intended for the light reader. The book does have it's light flaws like many books do but one of it's most major flaws is it's order of story telling which can only be compared to a Quintin Terentino movie. Which is to say the least mixed up. But the comedy the story offers you over shadows it's flaws. example: Yossarian cant understand why people he has never met want to kill him (trying shoot him down while he's bombing them). This is a good book but if your looking for a quick read this is not the book for you.
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Summary: I was absolutely floored...
Review: One of the most phenomenal books in the English language, it is a hilarious, perverse and unsettling trip into war. This is not an easy read, and should be read with an open mind. With great dialogue, a fun plot, this has to be my favorite book!
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Summary: it's all about catch-22
Review: This is hands-down one of the best books ever written. As absurd as it seems while you're reading it, you know it's only funny because it's all truth about human nature, and everyone I've met who's read it has affirmed my opinion.
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Summary: Humorous collection of paradoxes.
Review: A completely new type of humor, not "ha ha" funny (but can be!) but "a smile" funny. Catch 22 is more of a collection than a story. The funny bits do build on each other to help the reader establish the character's personality's, but the chapters are almost modular. My favorite character was Major Major. I'd reccommend this book to just about anyone, except for the insanely serious reader.
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