A review by chrissych
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

5.0

Flawless. The story of Billy Pilgram, of his adventures through time and space, of his stay on the planet Tralfamadore where time and space are irrelevant, of his (and Vonnegut's) experiences as a prisoner of war in Dresden during the city's fire-bombings by the allied forces, of his life and of his death, is one that should be made known to everyone, if only to prove to them that stories can be (and usually are) so much more than just stories. They can be life-changing out-of-body experiences of the type where time and space become irrelevant. Vonnegut really shines in this one, showing off his satirical finesse and his profundity in equal measure to build a whole portrait of a life at once remarkable and familiar. Because the cliché has never fit better, I'll just say this: read it; you'll laugh, you'll cry, etc. So it goes.