A review by deanna_rigney
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

5.0

Has this book possibly worked its way into my coveted Top 5? Is it really that good? Hells yeah. I’ve always been vaguely aware of Catch-22, being a classic and all, but I never had to read it for school or anything. Too bad really. How Heller is able to put both hilarity and devout sadness into the same moment, or even the same sentence, is beyond me, but I loved it. I never once felt like my emotions were being violated (are you listening Mr. Sparks, because you should, and your entire lazy ilk), and I never felt like anything was being “dumbed down” for the reader. And though we’re taking ‘bout war/people/America from a while back, the themes and ideas resonate just as well today as I’m sure they did then. Heller is great at showing the disconnect between administration and the common man, only in militaristic style. Also Heller has provided us with a surplus of interesting characters that don’t seem like caricatures. Let me conclude my praise-pouring by gushing on my new Teen Beat heartthrob crush for Yossarian…love, love, love this character.