Josh's review
Closing Time by Joseph Heller
I loved Catch-22 and wanted to read this, the sequel, and was sorely disappointed. It relies entirely on the delightful characters and hilarity in Catch-22 for its best moments -- either through those same characters reminiscing about old times or through flashbacks -- and offers little new. The characters and plot feel forced as Heller attempts to recreate the pseudo-reality of Catch 22, only in the new setting of New York's moneyed elite rather than WWII soldiers.
