Loved itThis book is the most accurate portrayal of PTSD that I have ever read.
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Slaughterhouse-Five (1956)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive Slaughterhouse-Five is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.
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- 9781784879693
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- 192 pages
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Loved itI have like a Pantheon score where things like I think Ender's Game and Slaughterhouse Five, I said I can't give a score because they are they are different. I've read them more than once and every time I read them, they give me a different experience and they are beyond scoring.
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Loved itI think the famous quote so it goes encapsulates bonet's Talent of phrasing complex and important ideas in a simple and amusing way
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Loved itSlaughterhouse Five is absolutely magnificent I've read this four times it grows better each time I read it
Loved itI really enjoy Slaughterhouse Five
Loved itit's a very rare book it's one that I think you either love or hate and for me I loved it
Loved itSlaughterhouse Five is one of the craziest books I've ever read it's about the trauma of a man who is a prisoner of war in Dresden during World War II but he perceives all of this and his trauma makes him remember all of this as like an alien invasion an alien abduction it's totally Unforgettable and genius and I'm scraping my jaw off the floor as we speak.
Loved itThis was, overall, my most enjoyable reading experience of 2018. This is another book that completely shattered my expectations of it, and it really kind of raised the bar, and I'm so glad to have finally read it because I really enjoyed Kurt Vonnegut's writing and his writing style.
Mixedthis was so over the top with the symbolism I it's not like I didn't get the hidden meaning and the raw emotion but the writing style again grinded on me so much I appreciate the thought behind it but the formatting of this and the writing style alone was just something that completely took me out of it