Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty Dance with Death by Kurt VonnegutMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Brilliantly narrated by Ethan Hawke (an apt choice considering he starred in a similarly disturbing time travel film not so long ago), this is a classic that is as mind-boggling as it is engaging. You'll need a couple of read-throughs to pick up all the pieces, but at the same time it is too disturbing to pick up a second time.
The descriptions of war and the sufferings of the soldiers sticks most boldly in my mind. The language is also casual and engaging. I didn't like the constant refrain of 'and so it was'... it felt repetitive and didn't do justice to the writing.
Honestly, it's hard to conclude whether this book was good, bad, weird or enjoyable. It's a little bit of all as well as a little bit of none. Absurdist classic, indeed.
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