Slaughterhouse-five

favorite book i have read this year, loved it! Kurt Vonnegut is a genius.

I see why this novel is a modern classic. It was original and well written. The perspective of the fire bombing was captivating and very moving. The novel really brings home the anti war message by showing its the price in human suffering. Really enjoyed it.

A funny, sad, thoughtful, and subtle anti-war book all wrapped in one! Vonnegut has a fun and addictive writing style. You will enjoy this book.

So. Good. Funny, moving, serious, complex. Time travel, aliens, World War II, silver shoes. Lots of difficult questions. No easy answers. Full of humanity. I thought about it for days after reading it.

This is a great book, comparable to Huckleberry Finn, and One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. (Alhtough the movie of this book is far superior to One flew over the Cuckoo's next). All three of these books are must reads.

Although this is probably the best known of all of Kurt Vonnegut's novels, I didn't enjoy it quite as much as The Sirens of Titan or Cat's Cradle. Still, Vonnegut's style is always appealing and this slim novel manages to make a very effective anti-war statement while still being outrageously entertaining. Featuring one of the wackiest heroes I've ever encountered -- the time traveller Billy Pilgrim -- Slaughterhouse Five uses a jumping narrative and a wide variety of memorable supporting characters to effectively convey the arbitrary nature of war, men, and time. There's plenty of Vonnegut's trademark humour thrown in -- I actually laughed out loud several times -- but other scenes are heartbreaking with truth. A modern classic and a must-read for all.

Vonnegut never ceases to amaze me with his inventive, slightly confusing satirical tales. On the surface, they may seem to be sci-fi-pseudo-fantasies written in bad prose, but beneath all that are stories that are deeply relevant to human kind. Even as Vonnegut realises that it's impossible to write an anti-war book, he creates a book that leads one to question the structure of society where one is subject to such inhumanity, one cannot help but wish to be abducted by some friendly aliens.

I had heard a lot about this particular title, so I thought I would try it out; I was not dissapointed. I am not usually a fan of this genre, but this book kept my attention. I liked how it was narrated and the story line is very captivating. I constantly recommend it to friends.