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Ugh.
Reading this book is like being stuck in a literary version of Bill Murray's "Groundhog Day". It's basically the same thing over and over and over; the chapters of which come across as disjointed vignettes.
Yes, I can appreciate some of the humor but I only made it a third of the way through this "classic" and I'm finding it extremely difficult to force myself to read any further, and when it comes to me and reading books, I like the kind that drag me along with them whether I should be doing ...more
Reading this book is like being stuck in a literary version of Bill Murray's "Groundhog Day". It's basically the same thing over and over and over; the chapters of which come across as disjointed vignettes.
Yes, I can appreciate some of the humor but I only made it a third of the way through this "classic" and I'm finding it extremely difficult to force myself to read any further, and when it comes to me and reading books, I like the kind that drag me along with them whether I should be doing ...more
Brilliant!
Clever.Visual.Hilarious.Innovative.
War is not one of my favorite genres. But this book is much more than that. I can see why this is seen as the foundation for all war lampoons. But, it's also just exceptional satire despite topic. It's comprehensive and tight at the same time. ...more
Clever.Visual.Hilarious.Innovative.
War is not one of my favorite genres. But this book is much more than that. I can see why this is seen as the foundation for all war lampoons. But, it's also just exceptional satire despite topic. It's comprehensive and tight at the same time. ...more
I tried really hard to read this for a book group but I couldn't get past the first quarter of the book. To put it plainly, it's not my cup of tea......... ...more
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