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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.
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Summary: READ THIS BOOK!
Review: This book is truly funny funny funny!!! I was supposed to read it for a report for school, and I almost shrieked at the length of it. The escapades of Capt. Yossarian and the 256th squadron were hilarious, illogical, and downright strange, but I couldn't put the book down. I highly recommend this story to everyone, and please don't be discouraged by its size.
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Summary: I read this book while naked.
Review: This book is a wonderful assemblage of wonderfully stereotyped military men and women in a wonderfully sarcastic war setting (World War II). All the spoils and horrors of war are here: Wonder in amazement how Milo can pull off his "everyone has a share" syndicate! Feel sorry for the dead man in Yossarian's tent. Just exactly how many missions WILL the men have to fly? How much does Nately's whore really love him? Why did Yossarian get a medal (and almost a court-martial) for the same bombing run? And if Yossarian wants to walk around naked, what business of that is ours?
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Summary: Simply the Best
Review: This is simply the best book that I have ever read. In more ways than one you connect with the characters and their dillemas, you will feel like you are there with them. You will feel like you know Yossarian, Major Major Major, Hungry Joe, and the rest of the characters as well as you know your best friends. Words cannot describe how great this book is. Joseph Heller's confusing non-logical style of writing only helps to emphasize the absurdity and complexity of war, making you feel like the lunatic Yossarian yourself. If you hate war or if you love war, you will love this book. By the time you are on the last page you will never have felt so sympathetic and connected to anyone as you will to the wise ass, hillarious, crazy, lunatic, sorry SOB's that are in this book. Read it.
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Summary: In war the only way to remain sane is to go crazy...
Review: It takes a stroke of literary genius and some very real writing ability to attack war with a weapon like humor- but in Catch-22 Joseph Heller pulls it off admirably. It is a mark of Hellers skill that he can make a book this funny and yet not forget what he's writing- a tragic novel about the horrors of war. This book manages to be funny and appalling at the same time. A modern masterpiece of anti war fiction.
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Summary: Catch-22, A great metaphor for organizational life
Review: I reread Catch-22 after 30 years. This time, a brand new message came to me. Catch-22 is an outstanding metaphor of the business world. If you take a moment and just compare Catch-22 to the way organizations operate, you begin to realize that there are more Major Majors and Dr. Danekas, Hungry Joe's and all the others cast of characters are alive and thriving in the business world today. Substitute the business world and the Catcht-22 world, and it's like taking the roof off of companies and you begin to tealize it exposes disjointed logic and unbusiness ways of doing business. This is a must read for any Business Major and MBA candidate. Read it again and again and once more, new insights will appear.
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Summary: A good classic
Review: One of the few books I was forced to read in high school, 12 years ago, that I liked.
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Summary: Even a foreigner will like it!
Review: Actually, i read a translation edition of this book. Cultur differences do make some trouble in my reading. But i still like this dark satire.
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Summary: The "Logic" of War
Review: When I was in high school, my English teacher introduced me to the absurdity of war. We were assigned to read "Dulce Et Decorum Est" by the great war poet Wilfred Owen. This poem refuted the "old lie", Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - How sweet and fitting it is to die for one's country. After reading this poem, I suddenly realized how wasteful and utterly senseless war is, especially for the unfortunate people who must put their life on the line. One day, I was in a second-hand bookstore, and by chance spotted a copy of "Catch-22." I had no idea what the book was about, but once I started reading, I couldn't stop. This book, like Owen's poem, describes how frightening and pointless war is to the soldier. However, while Owen uses gory details to bring forth his ideas, Heller uses satire. This book captures the personal fears and opinions of the troubled bombadier, Yossarian. He does not know why he has to be there, and he certainly does not want to die. Yossarian stated that he didn't care if this opinion made the enemy happy. He said that the enemy is anybody who wants to kill you, and it was his superior who kept sending him out to get killed...This makes me wonder about the millions of soldiers throughout time, for this thought must have passed through some of their minds at some desperate point. The old men who instigate and plan wars are not the ones who will die. Rather, they send people out to die for *their* cause. As you can see, this book really made me think. Yes, I thought, I laughed till I cried, then I cried for the senselessness of it all. Heller is a genius!
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