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Centering on the infamous firebombing 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 fear most.
Review:
It took me a bit to wrap my head around this book once I finished reading it. In some ways, it doesn’t feel very Vonnegut-y, and in others it’s the most Vonnegut-y thing I’ve read so far. “The best anti-war book of all time” got bandied about a lot when folx were recommending it to me, but in my opinion that doesn’t really fit. It’s definitely a sad book that is tragically too much based on his own experience with a bit of his whimsy thrown in because, well, it’s his thing.
At its heart, the story is about time and memory. Vonnegut uses his characteristically simple, yet powerful, voice to describe the way our perspectives color and shape every experience we have. He explores how difficult communication becomes when people have differing experiences. And, as someone who has serious memory damage, it made me feel less alone when considering how difficult it can be to see the overarching spans of experience and how lovely that can leave you. Some things have to be done together, and others have to be done alone. So it goes.
Would you recommend this to other users? Absolutely. Everyone should get to form their own opinion on this book.
Rating(1-5):
Centering on the infamous firebombing 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 fear most.
Review:
It took me a bit to wrap my head around this book once I finished reading it. In some ways, it doesn’t feel very Vonnegut-y, and in others it’s the most Vonnegut-y thing I’ve read so far. “The best anti-war book of all time” got bandied about a lot when folx were recommending it to me, but in my opinion that doesn’t really fit. It’s definitely a sad book that is tragically too much based on his own experience with a bit of his whimsy thrown in because, well, it’s his thing.
At its heart, the story is about time and memory. Vonnegut uses his characteristically simple, yet powerful, voice to describe the way our perspectives color and shape every experience we have. He explores how difficult communication becomes when people have differing experiences. And, as someone who has serious memory damage, it made me feel less alone when considering how difficult it can be to see the overarching spans of experience and how lovely that can leave you. Some things have to be done together, and others have to be done alone. So it goes.
Would you recommend this to other users? Absolutely. Everyone should get to form their own opinion on this book.
Rating(1-5):
