Customer Reviews
The Chosen One - By: So It Goes, 10 Nov 2008 
I have recently embarked on a quest to read the fifty great American novels. (I'm on book thirty one) Slaughtehouse 5 was in good company - Portnoy's Complaint, Rabbit Run, In Cold Blood, Bonfire of the Vanities, The New York Trilogy, The Secret History, to name a few - but it emerged as the standout novel. It is a wondrous piece of storytelling & I can't wait to finish my quest (nineteen to go) so that I can return to Kurt Vonnegut & read everything he has written. He's the one!
Why all the fuss? - By: A. Clark, 07 Nov 2008 
I bought this book on the basis of the rave reviews. I wish I hadn't. Although it is short I couldn't force myself to get past half-way - if there is something clever or entertaining about this book it went straight over my head.
Realities of War - By: Mr. N. J. Gutteridge, 25 Apr 2008 Catch 22 exposes the ruthless realities of war & subsequently the harsh realities of life, as the novel depicts war as a microcosm of life itself. By doing this Heller are showing to the reader that war is just as inevitable as life itself & that life is sometimes as harsh & unyielding as war.
Mustard Gas & Roses Indeed... - By: B., 24 Feb 2008 As someone currently living in Dresden, I always suggest visitors read this novel before coming for a visit. This city has many scars still to show from the bombings & subsequent fires, but for getting to the heart of what happened here... the true scope & terror of it... I feel nothing compares to Slaughterhouse 5.
As if that weren't enough, Vonnegut intersperses fact with fiction, history with humor, & the results are sublime. If you're not a fan going in, I bet you will be coming out.
Didn't Live up to Expectation - By: S. Dawson, 25 Nov 2007 
It bored me half to death. Slow moving, uninteresting, frustrating & somewhat confusing. Would have been better if the writer had stuck to one plot. Only worth reading to say you've read it.
