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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
dark
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
After starting this book twice in the past 5 years, I picked it up again on a whim this summer and picked up right where I left off halfway through to finally finish it out. People aren't kidding when they say it starts getting REALLY dark towards the end. And yet it still had me laughing at everyone's ridiculous antics. I remain in awe of Joseph Heller's use of paradox and humor to portray a truly horrific situation - I think it's so much more powerful for the juxtaposition.
The novel starts a little slow, and it took me about a third of the way through to really get a feel for how Heller writes in this novel...but once you get it, you get it.
Satire, humor, circular reasoning, and, of course, this all adds up to the dreaded Catch-22. An enjoyable read--but I urge patience as you get into it.
Satire, humor, circular reasoning, and, of course, this all adds up to the dreaded Catch-22. An enjoyable read--but I urge patience as you get into it.
I want to read classics I really do. But what in the hell is happening? All I got were hard R's and pictures up skirts. I don't need to read more of this.
Absurd, nonsensical, circular, unbelievable.....
Each chapter reminded me of a Seinfeld episode: there was some joke that got repeated three dozen times and one character was singled out to be gaslit or lampooned. I certainly laughed a few times - but there were 45 chapters, and most were more nonsensical than funny or poignant.
The titular phrase is made in reference to soldiers' sanity, and I thought that everyone was insane from the beginning. But the last third of the book surprised me with the depth of their absurdity.
Each chapter reminded me of a Seinfeld episode: there was some joke that got repeated three dozen times and one character was singled out to be gaslit or lampooned. I certainly laughed a few times - but there were 45 chapters, and most were more nonsensical than funny or poignant.
The titular phrase is made in reference to soldiers' sanity, and I thought that everyone was insane from the beginning. But the last third of the book surprised me with the depth of their absurdity.
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
I see the objective value and I was entertained BUT I did not have a good reading experience. reading with the physical copy and audiobook left me feeling like I was witnessing a 10 hour "Who's on First" bit starring Seinfeld and Wallace Shawn. I don't think I needed to read to understand that men are pigs and war sucks but satire is fun
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hilarious, clever and very well written. Truly a book that has changed not only the path of much subsequent literature, but quite possibly the course of history. Grandiose words but I'll fight anyone on it.