A review by bluehat
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Strangely comforting, impressively bleak, and even funnier than it is bleak. I hit this book at just the right moment in my life, and it has provided me tremendous strength and comfort in difficult times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War

Moderate: Confinement, Violence

Minor: Infidelity

This work was a major landmark in the cultural exploration of PTSD.