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I finally finished listening to this book on tape...I could barely listen to it. But I can check it off my short list of books I started, but never finished. Boring beyond belief and should've been half as long.
I do NOT understand why this is considered to be a modern classic. I found it mildly amusing, but not as entertaining as many others found it. I don't appreciate dark humor, so that was a major part of my dislike for the book. And I didn't like any of the many characters in the book and ...more
I do NOT understand why this is considered to be a modern classic. I found it mildly amusing, but not as entertaining as many others found it. I don't appreciate dark humor, so that was a major part of my dislike for the book. And I didn't like any of the many characters in the book and ...more
I'm not actually going to finish it. I'm about halfway through (Chapter 21), and I wanted to stick it out, because there are things I like about the book. But I'm enjoying it less and less, and I don't think it's going to redeem itself.
My chief complaint is that the humor is wearing thin. Heller keeps leaning on the same kinds of jokes--twisted, circuitous dialogue that ends in frustration and misunderstanding all around. It's funny at first, but the effectiveness of the technique is more and mo ...more
My chief complaint is that the humor is wearing thin. Heller keeps leaning on the same kinds of jokes--twisted, circuitous dialogue that ends in frustration and misunderstanding all around. It's funny at first, but the effectiveness of the technique is more and mo ...more
This is one of the few books that is a miss for Adam's recommendations to me. I'm told the reason is because I lack a sense of humor. It is true that I did not find this book funny (apparently it is), and I just plain didn't get a lot of it. And in the end, that didn't really bother me. I never learned to like Yossarian, so his fate--whether good or ill--was not of any importance to me.
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