i heard about this book and i just want to see what people thought about it before i read it.
2007-02-18 17:06:02 · 8 answers · asked by sweetpea101588 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I read this one last week. It has been sitting on my self for the past 10 years, and oh boy I can not believe how great it is. Highly recommended. Here's something for fun: take notice of when the words 'and so it goes' occur and see if you can link the phrase with something that is always mentioned at that same time. Also, while reading and you are getting a good grasp on what's happening look up images on the web of Dresden. It will make it come even more alive. Happy reading!
2007-02-19 01:50:14 · answer #1 · answered by chicagonightowl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you enjoy reading Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse 5 is great. The movie couldn't do the book justice, which is a common result when turning a book into a movie. Mr. Vonnegut uses his gift of seeing things as they are, demonstrating their faults and giving his readers hope in a steadily declining world.His sense if irony is
to the point and humorous.
2007-02-19 01:24:13 · answer #2 · answered by charliecizarny 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everyone should read this book. Vonnegut's style is very easy to read, but the story is very complex. Billy Pilgrim believes he has come unstuck in time. He relives the best and worst times of his life including the horrific fire-bombing of Dresden which he witnesses as an American POW.
2007-02-19 09:05:46 · answer #3 · answered by magnificentearwhig 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a book about war and the strain it can put on an indivdual when there is nothing to rely on as a human being. Death is coming at you in so many directions and desperation is all you have.
2007-02-19 01:12:10 · answer #4 · answered by matthew m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an absolutely brilliant book. Highly recommended!
2007-02-19 11:45:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely worth reading but a bit odd.
2007-02-19 07:40:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i didn't read the book but i saw the movie and it was all over the place, one second the guys in the past the next hes in the future, then the present, then he's dead, then he's in the present. it got annoying more than intriguing.
2007-02-19 01:11:12 · answer #7 · answered by jglassdude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i highly recomend reading every banned book!
2007-02-19 01:14:10 · answer #8 · answered by wilrycar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋