book review

The name Slaughterhouse- Five is very misleading, I dont think I would of ever read it if I didnt have to but I am glad I did. My fist impression was that the book was a bad Sci-Fi war book that never sold and became a cult and was lucky it ever got printed. I was completely wrong.

It's a marvelous book that talks about war in a very unique way. The main character Billy Pilgrim is a nice guy who doesn't really know what's going on and would be the complete opposite of what you think as a soldier is. We learn about his experiences of life, WW2 and Tralfamadore in a unique order of events which lead to the great image that the book creates. The book is just like Billy "spastic never knows what part of his life... was next"(23)

This book reinforced my anti war belief and did much more. It taught me about the beauty of life and those who are dead. People might think this is just another WW2 book but its not that its a masterpiece that portrays war from a normal persons life that was sorounded by tragedy but could still find happiness.