Reviews

Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut

op3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Antisemitism

Contains references to PTSD a , and etc.

thakkern's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

lexkv66's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

bernardo7894's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

livvvvh777's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

bfuent's review against another edition

5.0

Gets better every time I read it. Required reading for anyone wanting to get a better understanding of human nature.

vayeate's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I am confused by this book. I thought it was going to straight forward, the horrors of war, the loss of innocent lives and so forth. And all of those things are mentioned in the books, however at some point aliens come into the picture...
I would think it was just the way the main character was reliving or coping with the things he saw and did, that his mind was crumbling because of the horrifying experience....but aliens.
Surprisingly enough the book was easy to read and follow, but some things were rather weird besides the aliens, this fixation on adult content was also peculiar. 
All I want to say that I think that I completely missed the point of the book the moment it went into the two mentioned points above.   

ithilienlady's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

tencutepuppies's review against another edition

2.0

(2.5) Not to my personal tastes, but I totally respect the author and the truth behind this story. So it goes.

andre_61's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0