5.86k reviews for:

Catch 22

Joseph Heller

3.87 AVERAGE

emotional funny sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
slow-paced

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Have no idea yet what I will end up rating this book, but I think it will be high. 

Absolutely brilliant and funny and compelling but so unbelievably disturbing, violent and sickening. Had multiple moments of real nausea, but the philosophical and ethical questions posed throughout were brilliant. Milo is definitely the funniest, I HATED Aarfy with an unbelievable passion. When
Nately died I was genuinely distraught and had to take a break from reading for a whole day.


Also found myself getting a little confused at the timelines at the beginning but was able to get into it more towards the end. 
adventurous dark emotional funny relaxing sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’ve listened to this audiobook at least 10 times. It is my favorite book and is told beautifully by 
Jay O’Sanders.
adventurous challenging dark funny sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Diverse cast of characters: No

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sarahdelaney82's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 34%

It was too much endless satire, maybe I want on the mood at the time to read it

actually torture

3.5 - clearly brilliant and bitingly witty, but not an easy read—I found the chronology baffling and the whole thing longer than I would’ve wished for, without any real development in anything. Glad I read it, but I’m not likely to read it again.
dark funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes