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Ciera
I loved some of the ideas expressed in this book. Focus on the good memories in your life and move on from the bad. I like the idea that even though someone you love has died, they are still very much alive and happy in past moments. So it goes.
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Jul 11, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
This is a cleverly written novel that held my attention the whole time. I was turning the pages with interest. Mostly it is a description of what happened to the character Billy Pilgrim in World War Two. The story overlaps with the experience of the author including being a prisoner of war and the fire bombing of Dresden. It's an anti war novel but written in a new way.

The story has an interesting structure because Billy is a time traveler. We find out all about his life in flash backs and flash
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