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Mr. Twinkie
Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five" is an absurd novel about the absurdity of war. Unfortunately, it is too confusing and unfocused to keep the interest of the reader and the repetitive plot didn't reach a climax that felt satisfying. A surprisingly disappointing read. :/

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"The orchestration of the moment was this: Barbara was only twenty-one years old, but she thought her father was senile, even though he was only forty-six--senile because of damage to his brain in the airplane cra
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Feb 01, 2012 rated it liked it
Very different from anything I've read, weird, but I liked it. ...more
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