Slaughterhouse-Five Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Kurt Vonnegut
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
1,954

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Book Summary

A special fiftieth anniversary edition of Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece, “a desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the twentieth century” (Time), featuring a new introduction by Kevin Powers, author of the National Book Award finalist The Yellow Birds
 
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time
 
Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines historical fiction, science fiction, autobiography, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber’s son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. As Vonnegut had, Billy experiences the destruction of Dresden as a POW. Unlike Vonnegut, he experiences time travel, or coming “unstuck in time.”

An instant bestseller, Slaughterhouse-Five made Kurt Vonnegut a cult hero in American literature, a reputation that only strengthened over time, despite his being banned and censored by some libraries and schools for content and language. But it was precisely those elements of Vonnegut’s writing—the political edginess, the genre-bending inventiveness, the frank violence, the transgressive wit—that have inspired generations of readers not just to look differently at the world around them but to find the confidence to say something about it. Authors as wide-ranging as Norman Mailer, John Irving, Michael Crichton, Tim O’Brien, Margaret Atwood, Elizabeth Strout, David Sedaris, Jennifer Egan, and J. K. Rowling have all found inspiration in Vonnegut’s words. Jonathan Safran Foer has described Vonnegut as “the kind of writer who made people—young people especially—want to write.” George Saunders has declared Vonnegut to be “the great, urgent, passionate American writer of our century, who offers us . . . a model of the kind of compassionate thinking that might yet save us from ourselves.”

More than fifty years after its initial publication at the height of the Vietnam War, Vonnegut’s portrayal of political disillusionment, PTSD, and postwar anxiety feels as relevant, darkly humorous, and profoundly affecting as ever, an enduring beacon through our own era’s uncertainties.

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Book Name Slaughterhouse-Five
Genre Literary Fiction
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 2.42 MB

Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut) Book Reviews 2024

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Slaughterhouse Five.. Brilliant!

English 3. I chose this book to read for my English 3 class this a beautiful and well written book. I love the story and plot actually makes you think.

Great and interesting. I was only reading this book for a summer reading project but as I read the book the plot grew in personal interest for me. Great book to read.

Amazing book. If you lived through war, I think this best describes what you feel when you come back. It sounds confusing unless you think about how to deal with injustice. So it goes

Amazing and DARK.. Not a story that follows any traditional linear outline of storytelling you might be used to. Vonnegut presents an intensive interpretation of one point of view from one of World War Two’s most destructive moments.

Excellent. Original and inventive

Slaughterhouse five. Chilling, wicked, fast paced, with enough craziness to make it believable, but enough realism to make it history.

It was eehhhhh..... The story wasn't that exciting on finished it because I spent money on it

Sometimes brutal, yet full of love. This review from a reader that rarely spends time on fiction. This is a great read full of history, brutality and yet somehow it reminds you to celebrate and savor your best times.

Different. But insane

Great book, overall!. Had to read this for my American Literature class at Tennessee Wesleyan College and loved. A little graphic at times but adds to the greatness of the book. A MUST READ.

Extraordinary. One of the best books i’ve read. Highly recommend.

QUESTION ABOUT BOOK. There are two versions of Slaughterhouse-Five on the iBooks Store and I don't know which to buy. For those of you that bought this version, is there a reason you got this one as opposed to the other? There's a big difference in pages between the two, but they're the same price, and I don't just want to buy based on the cover art. Thanks! P.S. Rating is irrelevant, I just had to make one to submit this.

Second Time Reading. Work of art. I am no literary critic nor expert. Whether you are looking for comedy, post-war sentiment or a great story, you will find something you love. Written artistically the format blends with the content, prose, and story narrative. But you don't have to have a B.A. in English to appreciate this novel. All you need is an open mind and 3 hours.

Vonngut' Best. So it goes.

Cheese Curds. Book was big litty and aight but needed to be more crunchy ya know

Leaves you thinking. The semi-surreal plot — dislodged in time — and a character whose psyche is ravaged by war jar you from the normal ha its of novel reading. Slaughterhouse Five will certainly leave you thinking.

KV, Jr. The Extraordinary. Thank you. XO, jp

A classic. This book is great. The plot is good, and the writing style changed my own writing style. I am a huge fan!

Outstanding!. What a great novel! This is a wondrous wartime book as well as a question raising sci-fi experience. A must read!

Classic. One of the best!!!

I hate to read!. Normally I spend my time avoiding books but once I began reading this book I wasn't able to put it down! The ideas of this book are something I now always carry with me.

Kurt Vonnegut published in 1969, not 1923 - so what is this?. Is this the original, a retelling, or some other version? And why is the publication date (1923) 46 years before the book was actually published in 1969? I makes me wonder if this is legit.

It's an amazing weird.. I read this before I began my English Literature class and I immediately fell in love with Vonnegut. Now he is my all time favorite. The things he comes up with, how me smashes aliens and world war 2 together, my two favorites, makes me want to read it over and over. I seriously recommend this book although it is not so serious. I know you will enjoy it!

Swag. This book was orgasmic

Best book I've ever read. I love this book. And not in the way that a snob would say that they love classics, but in a way that after I had to read it for summer homework and write a book report on it, I still love it and I want the world to read it! 5/5! 10/10! 50/50! 100/100! Googol/Googol! READ IT!

Should be Required Reading. This book is wonderfully philosophical. It gets you thinking. The writing style, with all the different moments of the story jumbled together is really playful and imaginative. It’s a heavy topic - war, death, life - but Vonnegut manages to do it in a playful way. I highly recommend this book to both Vonnegut fans and soon-to-be Vonnegut fans.

Interesting but hard to follow. A book with a great concept that gets lost in the author’s attempt to be witty. It’s a good read but can be very confusing in places.

So it goes. Teacher assigned us to read this... Quite interesting and has deep meaning behind many different scenarios. Many different concepts portrayed throughout the novel, but I may be too young to fully appreciate it all, so it goes ~ @audriusity

"...and so it goes.". The title is Mr. Vonnegut's famous phrase that came after a specific type of event within the book. I suggest that the savvy ninth grade reader, or adult read this book. It will help you understand hardship. It is interesting to see posttraumatic stress disorder described so relevantly before the term was coined or used in the DSM (diagnostics and statistics manual). Read it twice because you will miss things that you will enjoy finding again.

Fun read. I first read this as required reading for a high school english class. I remember approaching it the same way I approached every required reading: with a groan. However, from the first page I was hooked. After we finished it in class I went out and bought if for myself and still read it from time to time. It presents an interesting view of life, to say the least. So it goes.

Vonnegut's Best. An insane blend of Science Fiction, War and comedy. You won't want to put it down.

Unique and a classic. Hilarious and will give you goosebumps. A stunner, that's for sure.

Love this book!. I must have read this book 10 or more times when I was in school, even though the school’s “they” removed it from the library. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is one of my favorite authors, and I am quite pleased that Apple has enabled me to own a copy of this book! ❤️

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Summary of Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

The Slaughterhouse-Five book written by Kurt Vonnegut was published on 15 February 1970, Sunday in the Literary Fiction category. A total of 1,954 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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