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A comment on Slaughterhouse-Five.

Re:Slaughterhouse-Five by KarmabalanceDeb on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @09:19AM (#2359221)
Time changes everything. That certainly goes for the way you feel about the books you've read. It also changes the way you feel about books that you've always wanted to read and are just now getting around to reading.

I like and agree with your review. Remember when the book was written it was a much more naive time, not just for us, but for the world as well. We were still practicing for the Russian invasion.

How can you not love a character named Kilgore Trout? Mr. Vonnegut was nothing if not "trip-y".

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Re:Slaughterhouse-Five by futuremint on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @10:01AM (#2359386)
I always try to appreciate the context of the times when a story was written. Learning a little more of the external context within which a story was written can, at times, enhance the understanding of the story.

This might be a story that lends itself to that. Maybe. I read this book in high school and thought it was ok then, but I didn't really understand why the people I knew who read it thought it was so great. I didn't do any research about the era this was written in though, so I don't really know if it'd help or not.

It certainly is trippy though and an entertaining read in the least.

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Re:Slaughterhouse-Five by jbooth on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @11:02AM (#2359669)
One thing I love about Vonnegut is that certain kinds of naivete retain their wisdom long after the sophisticated opinions of the day have changed.
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