So this is depressing but not in an over-the-top way. I mean, even I could handle it. I love how it jumped around in time without being confusing, and how it was sci-fi without really being sci-fi.

Honestly I had no idea what it was about before I picked it up, but I'll tell you: It's about Billy Pilgrim, a survivor of the bombing of Dresden in WW2, a victim of alien abduction to the planet Tralfamadore, and a time traveler. It may sound crazy but it's really not - it works. Mainly it's kind of the story of Billy's life, and although it doesn't hit you in the face with it, I would say it's anti war. But it just kind of shows you the destructiveness of war, and you draw your own conclusions.

Now that I think about it more, it's actually kind of genius the way he shows war to be inevitable, just like all of our choices are according to the Tralfamadorians (who don't see time chronologically, but as every moment always and forever existing). I was pretty happy with myself when I figured out that every time the phrase "So it goes" occurred in the book it was referring to a death, but it was actually pretty obvious. But it was a very effective device, and the repetition caused me to notice the deaths piling up.

Anyway, I liked it. I like it more after thinking about it.