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I re-read this with an eye to consider it for second semester seniors. I'm still thinking on it, though I know it would appeal to a number of kids!
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I read this, and then immediately re-read it (in one day, on a cross-country flight), because I felt like I was missing something. Why does everyone love this book so much? The re-read was useful, in that I was able to see more clearly some of the echoes and circularity in the book, and I did like it better the second time around. Mostly though, it just made me curious to know more about Vonnegut himself, and the narrator who occasionally interjects a few times as the "author." Really the author
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It is so short and jumbled and jangled, Sam, because there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre.
This is one of the best anti-war books i've read, and it stands out from the rest for its unique style. Simultaneously angry and humorous, with the horrific nature of war mixed in with sci-fi-esque time travel, Vonnegut has created a novel that deals with the absurdity of war, leaving the reader lamenting, questioning, thinking... ...more
This is one of the best anti-war books i've read, and it stands out from the rest for its unique style. Simultaneously angry and humorous, with the horrific nature of war mixed in with sci-fi-esque time travel, Vonnegut has created a novel that deals with the absurdity of war, leaving the reader lamenting, questioning, thinking... ...more
This is my first foray into Vonnegut. Not bad, actually. Ironical, anti-war novel without being too pretentious. Who doesn't love that, eh?
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I have a lot of feelings. Damn!
I have a lot of feelings. Damn!
Oct 17, 2007
Elizabeth
marked it as to-read
Sep 26, 2011
Heather
marked it as to-read
Jun 30, 2013
Bill Doughty
rated it
it was amazing
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