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last updated Feb 20, 2015 07:14AM
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I have no idea why it took me so long to read this book. The best part is that I loved it, couldn't put it down, AND I can cross one more piece of great lit off the to read lit. Nice!! If only more writer's had Vonnegut's combo of humor and imagination. This is good stuff. The entire time I was reading it, I couldn't imagine how they could make a movie of this so I watched it the second I closed the book. Yeah. Had I not read the book, I would have had NO IDEA what was going on.
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This book reminded me of days as a volunteer listening to a dementia patient as I kept him company on the days his family didn’t visit. It also reminded me of that honor of working with veterans at the VA and the lack of straightforward recovery after all they had seen while enlisted. I knew that only way I was going to get through this one was on audio and was glad to find a version narrated by Ethan Hawke. It helped me stay engaged and seek out more until the conclusion. “So it goes” at each d
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This is one if those novels that seems to transcend any kind of rating or review. How very lasting and powerful Vonnegut's message is regarding the physical, mental, and spiritual impact war has on one human and its spread to the human race. Ultimately, expresses Vonnegut, time affects everything and nothing at all: "so it goes."
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2 stars. Review to come
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