Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world's great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines historical fiction, science fiction, autobiography, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber's son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. As Vonnegut had, Billy experiences the destruction of Dresden as a POW. Unlike Vonnegut, he experiences time travel, or coming "unstuck in time."
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Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world's great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines historical fiction, science fiction, autobiography, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber's son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. As Vonnegut had, Billy experiences the destruction of Dresden as a POW. Unlike Vonnegut, he experiences time travel, or coming "unstuck in time."
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I just finished this book. I liked the conversational writing style. I liked the goofy premise. But after finishing the book, I couldn't help but feel like I wasted my time. The plot wasn't wrapped together, or strong enough to hold the book together. It tried to be funny, but then tried to be serious. I just felt like the book didn't know what it was.
I read it through my digital public library and was happy I didn't spend money on it :-/
All that said, I'm positive there are books I love that you wouldn't, and am glad we're all reading
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I love this book, and I accepted the premise that Billy Pilgrim had become unstuck in time. Then my son told me that Billy Pilgrim is actually mentally ill. Do you have any opinions?
I like how everyone has their own tastes.
I just finished this book. I liked the conversational writing style. I liked the goofy premise. But after finishing the book, I couldn't help but feel like I wasted my time. The plot wasn't wrapped together, or strong enough to hold the book together. It tried to be funny, but then tried to be serious. I just felt like the book didn't know what it was.
I read it through my digital public library and was happy I didn't spend money on it :-/
All that said, I'm positive there are books I love that you wouldn't, and am glad we're all reading
I like how everyone has their own tastes.
I just finished this book. I liked the conversational writing style. I liked the goofy premise. But after finishing the book, I couldn't help but feel like I wasted my time. The plot wasn't wrapped together, or strong enough to hold the book together. It tried to be funny, but then tried to be serious. I just felt like the book didn't know what it was.
I read it through my digital public library and was happy I didn't spend money on it :-/
All that said, I'm positive there are books I love that you wouldn't, and am glad we're all reading
Thank you. I thought I was alone in the thinking this book was vastly overrated..
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I like how everyone has their own tastes.
I just finished this book. I liked the conversational writing style. I liked the goofy premise. But after finishing the book, I couldn't help but feel like I wasted my time. The plot wasn't wrapped together, or strong enough to hold the book together. It tried to be funny, but then tried to be serious. I just felt like the book didn't know what it was.
I read it through my digital public library and was happy I didn't spend money on it :-/
All that said, I'm positive there are books I love that you wouldn't, and am glad we're all reading
It was a journey into the breaking point of a POW's mind. Or did you think he was really going to Tralfamador?
I love this book, and I accepted the premise that Billy Pilgrim had become unstuck in time. Then my son told me that Billy Pilgrim is actually mentally ill. Do you have any opinions?
My father was a Viet Nam veteran. He was often still stuck there in his sleep and in his awake hours. So i think the book has a really good discussion about what war does to young men and their families that witness them through the rest of their lives.
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I just finished this book. I liked the conversational writing style. I liked the goofy premise. But after finishing the book, I couldn't help but feel like I wasted my time. The plot wasn't wrapped together, or strong enough to hold the book together. It tried to be funny, but then tried to be serious. I just felt like the book didn't know what it was.
I read it through my digital public library and was happy I didn't spend money on it :-/
All that said, I'm positive there are books I love that you wouldn't, and am glad we're all reading
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Probably one of my favorite books of all time.
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Probably one of my favorite books of all time.
I just finished this book. I liked the conversational writing style. I liked the goofy premise. But after finishing the book, I couldn't help but feel like I wasted my time. The plot wasn't wrapped together, or strong enough to hold the book together. It tried to be funny, but then tried to be serious. I just felt like the book didn't know what it was.
I read it through my digital public library and was happy I didn't spend money on it :-/
All that said, I'm positive there are books I love that you wouldn't, and am glad we're all reading
I just finished this book. I liked the conversational writing style. I liked the goofy premise. But after finishing the book, I couldn't help but feel like I wasted my time. The plot wasn't wrapped together, or strong enough to hold the book together. It tried to be funny, but then tried to be serious. I just felt like the book didn't know what it was.
I read it through my digital public library and was happy I didn't spend money on it :-/
All that said, I'm positive there are books I love that you wouldn't, and am glad we're all reading
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He blended in some of his real life experiences during the war as part of the novel.
I just finished this book. I liked the conversational writing style. I liked the goofy premise. But after finishing the book, I couldn't help but feel like I wasted my time. The plot wasn't wrapped together, or strong enough to hold the book together. It tried to be funny, but then tried to be serious. I just felt like the book didn't know what it was.
I read it through my digital public library and was happy I didn't spend money on it :-/
All that said, I'm positive there are books I love that you wouldn't, and am glad we're all reading
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