5.83k reviews for:

Catch 22

Joseph Heller

3.87 AVERAGE

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

This book is an absolute struggle to read for the first ~100 pages. At one point, I went on a long rant to my partner about how awful it is. But I pushed through after reading reviews where others had similar experiences. At some point, I finally understood the rhythm of the book and that made all the difference. It’s a great read, but the beginning was so tough.
challenging dark funny reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark funny reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging funny sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

My Dad studied this as a kid and told me he enjoyed it way back when. His schoolmates also loved it for its rudeness and its comedy.

This book was good.

A very well written narrative that shows bureaucratic madness at its worst.

This was a complex tale with moments of frustration, sadness, and even haunting sections.

Don’t get me wrong this book is a mix of sporadic names and Catch 22s but this builds the more you read and you fall in love with the madness of the characters as time goes by.

This had me until the end, I just wanted more.

This is a Must Read.

Fun and humorous at times, long-winded and repetitive at others. I loved the way that the story slowly unfolds and everything starts coming together and making more sense.
dark funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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DID NOT FINISH: 13%

Nothin happening too many blokes