Slaughterhouse 5 (Sparknotes Literature Guide)

by Ross Douthat, SparkNotes, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586634585
• ISBN13: 9781586634582
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Sparknotes
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.2" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

The Single Strangest Book that I have Ever Read!

I didn't know that books could be this intreging, disturbing, enlightening, satirical, and strange all at the same time. This story definitly has a message that is akwardly strange in a sense that it is a common and blurred message. The thought of coming unstuck in time is truly brilliant and has the diversity of environments and scenes will keep most readers (and disturbed people like me) glued to this book. Since Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time there are scenes in which you will learn of his experiences in the second world war, times you will learn of his wild times with the adult film star Montana Wildhack on Tralfamadore, and even of his postwar married life. The selection of scenes will seem random at first and espcially when he jumps through time from the war to his career, and then to Tralfamadore, but in the end a rythm of the scenes is found. It takes the entire book to understand whats going on so you can't spread out your reading of this book or else you will be hopelessly lost. Slaughterhouse Five, or Shlachthof-Funf as it is said in German, is not an easy read. The plot is very sporadic and strange and will keep you up saying to yourself,"What was that supposed to mean?" and other questions along that line which does detract from the story, but otherwise it was an incredible book. I only recommend this to people who are willing to put something more than time into a book. Still it is worthwhile even though you have to be open minded about what you read, otherwise this book will scare yoour little zealot boots right off your feet. If you're are willing to change your views on the world and take a more philisophical standpointyou would enjoy this book, but if you're the latter you will absolutly hate this book. The latter will wish to burn every last copy of this book. It will scare people that much. So it goes. Hello, farewell, hello, farewell.