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Sep 27, 2016 08:14PM
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I read this in the spring. Here is what I thought of the book.I’m not a fan of the stream of consciousness novel, less so when that stream jumps around in time. Despite my personal taste in books, I must admit that this is an excellently written novel. The protagonist, who spent time as a POW in Dresden at the time of the fire bombings suffers from PTSD 25 years later. His mind travels spontaneously between past, present and a fantasy realm. So it goes.
I'm not rereading this month, but just wanted to join the conversation by saying this is one of my favorite books.
What do you love about it?
It's hard to comment without re-reading it! Perhaps I should re-read it after all. I really like Vonnegut's writing and the way he conveys the senselessness of the situation, the sadness of it, the irony of it. Sorry I can't do better discussing it without re-reading. Maybe I will. Have you read it, Irene?
Yes, I read it earlier this year. I agree that he conveys the senselessness of the situation well. But, I find the rambling narrative technique confusing. It distances me from the story.
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Here's my review from March 2014:
"Normally I have a difficult time getting into a story that jumps through time or into different points of view rapidly, but for some reason, this one held my attention from the get-go. It was bizarre and a bit crude in places, but it IS, after all, a book about the detrimental mental effects of war. The overall story, the one leading up to and finishing through Dresden, remained chronological and thus anchored me in the overall story. It is tragic, sad and thought-provoking, exactly the author's intention. The fact that it is partially autobiographical makes it all the more compelling. The psychology of not only what happens in war, but what happens to the mind afterwards was fascinating. This one certainly deserves its status as a well-respected literary work.
4.5/5"
Finally finished this one!! I actually really enjoyed it- so many parallels between these worlds and everything that the main character was going through emotionally and mentally. I found the humor funny and seemed to connect with the author's writing. I thought this book was a much better version of Catch-22My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
