Monday, November 12, 2007

a nightmarish reality - slaughterhouse-five

by Kurt Vonnegut

one of the few books that i couldn't find any fault with.

anyway i enjoyed reading the book and got the message (anti-war, the sadness of human life, etc) loud and sound. i was also able to appreciate the author's satirical style. details, such as the contrast between the English soldiers/prisoners and amerian ones, and their differential treatments at the hands of Germans were quite interesting. liked the author's imaginative power, too. his outer space and aliens.

so what's amiss here? i somehow moved on too quickly from the book. i can only guess the writing overpowered the contents/the message. this is a well-written story but not one of those soul-searching depictions of great writers.

No comments: