A review by vics_reads
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

What a roller-coaster of a book. 
This has been on my shelf for 25 years and I only finished it thanks for a buddy read.

I use Catch-22 ALL the time so I had to read it eventually. 

It's bonkers, genuis, horrific, comical, cringe, offensive, thought provoking and very long! I struggle with the length, definitely could have cut 300 pages in my mind. 

The tangents, so many tangents and the overly descriptive writing was absolutely stunning but also jarring. 

The white American masculinity was hard at times to read. But it's 61 years old and a previously banned book so I went with it. There were so many shocking scene which will stay with me for a while. 

I didn't I loved it but I loved it because I know it's a conversation starter of a book. Catch-22 hey. 

I need a rest after this one. 5⭐