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Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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Sep 28, 2013 Antonomasia rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Didn't fully engage with this because it's expressed so simply. (There are books I keep in case of being ill and not up to anything more complex in structure, but it never would have occurred to me to do that with a modern classic like this one. The short episodes and random switching between time periods in Slaughterhouse-Five would work very well if dizzy or feverish. Or if you're one of those whose boat it floats, reading it whilst high.)

There are some killer lines, undoubtedly, and quite a f ...more

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Jul 18, 2015 Josh Sheak rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I liked the book. It's clear why so many people read this book.

When I was trying to buy a copy of the book, I wanted one that was used. I couldn't find it in any used book store and the clerk of the last store I tried told me, "We don't have any used copies of Slaughterhouse-Five and almost never do. People buy the book new and don't let it go." ...more

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