Catch-22

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Summary: Unorganized, too many characters to keep straight
Review: I has read this novel for a English Class in collage and I found it absolutely mortifying. The psycho Yossarian with his flashbacks of memories and women who are protrayed at whores appaled me. I don't recommend this book to anyone who doesn't like idiotic scenes about nothing important.

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Summary: The Greatest!
Review: I read this book for school, and although found it confusing and round-about at times, I also found it to be among the greatest works of literature produced. If for nothing else, read it so you can learn of one of the greatest characters in literature, Major Major Major Major. He personifies the book as a whole: Insanely funny!

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Summary: An often entertaining, often annoying, mess
Review: What a disappointing book! I had been told by so many people how funny and amazing this book was, only to find it just okay. Many passages were chores to get through, and even Yossarian was annoying throughout the book. I'll give it this much--it is very clever, perhaps it was revolutionary in its day, and the last sixty pages almost make up for all the weaknesses throughout the book. I guess most people SHOULD read it, but it's a lot like doing homework.

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Summary: A must read...
Review: To sum it up- this is by far the funniest book I've ever read. This book kept me laughing from beginning to end.

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Summary: Yossarian Lives!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This book has no organization, no real plot, just a plethora of strange and demented people. I just loved it. This one is a keeper. It gets funnier every time you read it. I've read it at least four times, and can't get tired of it. Definately deserves to be above Brave New World in the top 100 list. Keep in mind, in Chapter 39, the definition of Catch 22 is "They have the right to do whatever we can't stop them from doing." That stands out better than Doc Daneeka's, but that seems to stand out.

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Summary: Catch it if you can.
Review: Every one has days like "Why is this happening to me!". Read this book and you will find out... It has got nothing to do with what I just said... It has nothing to do with anything, except the catch me if you can statement, Catch 22!

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Summary: The summit of prose
Review: There is no author that can write a book as compelling both comically and dramatically as Joseph Heller does with Catch-22. The pop-culture, counterculture classic reflects the down and out 1960's through WWII. The look of the world through Yossarian's eyes is hillarious at first, but at second thought-sad. The fact that he believes everyone is plotting to kill him reflects the horror of war. If you do decide to read it, beware. It starts of with a rocket, and the first 100 pages are the funniest of the book. After that, it slows down in the middle, and is a lot more meaninful. But around the 220s the book gets going again and countinues to be funny and horrific. The passage of with Snowden, especially. Bravo Mr. Heller.

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Summary: It is the greatest book other than the Bible.
Review: I read this book for a Grade 13 high school essay and it is extremely captivating. Heller builds each of the many characters so well it is like you know them personally. His detailed filled pages make you feel as if you are really there. Feel Major Major Major Major's pain!

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Summary: Funny and realistic
Review: Catch-22 is absolutely a brilliant book. Everyone should read it, whether they like historical literature or not (I don't in particular). Give it a chance! I loved it. You'll meet some hilarious characters, and it's unlikely that you couldn't relate to one of them. I, personally, saw a bit of myself in the chaplain.

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Summary: this is the single most clever book ever written
Review: catch-22 has the cleverest and funniest dialogue of any book I've ever read. It is the kind of book that will have everyone picking a favorite character, and every character in it may be appreciated as a favorite by one person or another. it is a book that you will joyfully reread time after time, without the story ever losing anything in way of shock value or humor.