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Has anyone else read Slaughter House Five recently? If so, what did you take away from it? Or, do you hate it? Either way, post your answer below.

it's been a while but I remember it pretty well. I like the format of it being something that starts as a biopic and ends as this grand sci-fi WW2 crossover. I often think about Vonnegut's description of the Tralfamadorians' perception of time compared to humans', and the odd details like Kurt's mouthy war buddy's fucked up feet.

it's a good read, but I personally enjoy Cat's Cradle more, and Sirens of Titan is more ambitious as a sci fi story. being a weird genre hybrid makes Slaughterhouse-Five uneven and not as cogent as his later work, but it's still good.

The first half or so was terrible, got better towards the end but still not very good. I understand why it's a plebe/normie/plebbit favorite

the first time I read it, I could not stop because I enjoyed it so much. I've read it 7 times. one of my favorites.

Read it, finally, for the first time last weekend. I was pretty surprised by the references to Tralfamadore (only my second Vonnegut book) at first but I really enjoyed the way time flowed from event to event in the story, e.g. blinking and now it's 1958. I loved the ending and the comparison between the dilapidated Dresden and the moon.

I got goosebumps during the part where Billy was rescued from the airplane crash and told his rescuers "Shlacthof fünf" (sp). There were definitely many scenes that caught me off guard.

Probably the most lackluster Vonnegut novel. Read Breakfast of Champions or Mother Night.

people on here like to dump on it but I read it in high school and it changed my life. Lmao I reread the paper I wrote about it 7 years ago (ohhhhhh fuck), it was for AP English where we wrote about a book of our choice, I cringed so hard at my basic bitch analysis. But that book along with The Stranger really triggered my interest in literature.

Vonnegut was the author that got me into "real" literature in early high school so I'll always like him. Slaughterhouse isn't my favorite of his but I do think it was interesting and overall well-done.
Mother Night is definitely a very good one. Nobody seems to have read Bluebeard, but I liked that one a lot as well.

The part about Billy's muff was good for a chuckle.

I like the alien stuff.