A review by marnash
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This one was at the top of my to-read list and my physical bookshelf for a good few years. It always seemed unapproachable to me, like something you keep saying you'll read but don't, like Catch 22 (for me). But after having read two Kafka books in December, it felt doable, so it was done. I liked the writting, but for some reason I feel like I missed some things. Maybe it's my lack of historical knowledge or the fact that I read it over a span of two weeks. Either way, like Kafka, I'll be looking up what I was supposed to understand from it from ThugNotes or some other video explanation. But it was enjoyable enough as is, despite the heavy topic. Things kept changing and shifting, there were multiple different settings and different years, and it kept me intrigued. 
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