I feel like I wasted my time reading this. The ridiculous nature

>>9225777
A brain

>>9225778
I get that it's satire but what is the point why waste time reading this

>>9225784
Stop trying to find reasons to dislike the book and just relax you autist

>>9225777
yeah I felt that way too when I read it.

>"oh wow look another scenario where everyone behaves absurdly wow so ironic"

>>9225777

You're missing the fact that the irony is a device which obscures the stories and tragedy behind the characters. Situations which are treated with smug irony at the beginning of the book are later turned into moments of horror.

>>9225818
This.

I might slightly maybe almost understand the criticism you folks are giving, but after the Eternal City chapter it turns the irony from silly little jokes into a horrifying reality. That's what you're supposed to take away from it I thought

>>9225777
me after reading the first page of The Crying of Lot 49... what a waste of money.

>>9225777

Is this a review of /lit/?

>>9225907
In addition, the real commentary on the serious arguments made in absurd situations happens between chapters. When, in one chapter, a character argues for american exceptionalism and the next chapter he is dead or deranged you come away with a deeper picture.

Really, Catch-22 makes a lot of its depth easy to miss but that is one of its strengths, its understatement.