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This is another one I really struggle to review.
I'm not an expert on quantum mechanics and I don't read philosophy, but I think we have free will and if we knew the future we could change it, and a lack of free will is the frame this story is built on. Since I don't buy into the fact that there's only one possible reality and nothing can change it, it's hard for me to get into this story. I guess I believe it's more likely that reality splits in two every time we make a choice. Here there's just ...more
I'm not an expert on quantum mechanics and I don't read philosophy, but I think we have free will and if we knew the future we could change it, and a lack of free will is the frame this story is built on. Since I don't buy into the fact that there's only one possible reality and nothing can change it, it's hard for me to get into this story. I guess I believe it's more likely that reality splits in two every time we make a choice. Here there's just ...more
Billy Pilgrim is a man who comes unstuck in time, and experiences events in his life out of order, including the bombing of Dresden during WWII, and his abduction by aliens called the Tralfamadorians.
I appreciate the anti-war qualities of this book. And, it was enjoyable enough to read. But I'm not seeing it as the amazing work of art the world expects me to. My first impression was that I felt like I was reading Catcher in the Rye. It's written in that same sort of way, like you're just reading ...more
I appreciate the anti-war qualities of this book. And, it was enjoyable enough to read. But I'm not seeing it as the amazing work of art the world expects me to. My first impression was that I felt like I was reading Catcher in the Rye. It's written in that same sort of way, like you're just reading ...more
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