What does /lit/ think of Slaughterhouse-Five? I just finished

pleb shit for pleb shits

>>9334410
Oh look everyone a clever person. I bet he goes to university and only reads philosophy. People like you make me sick.

>>9334276
I enjoyed it a fair bit, though I don't really understand why it is considered so "essential" or "magnificent". To be frank I find it next to impossible to comprehend humour in a book so maybe that's where I'm missing out, though I did like the concept of the Tralfamadorians and it did make me feel a bit nostalgic about my uncle, who used to always talk about different planets and how he'd go to Pluto when he dies. Probably the thing I liked most though was Vonnegut's humility when it came to writing a a character, as you say, Billy Pilgrim was just an ordinary person who couldn't pull any fancy tricks or snarky responses but rather made things more difficult for people, and in a manner that I'm sure most could relate to. It was also an interesting twist on war-themed literature in general in regards to time travel.

>>9334276
>I just finished it, and I think it might be one of my favorites
same

I felt that it really captured the darkness of the war that Vonnegut experienced which was brought out by the absurdism and comedy. I don't think I've known of anything which does something like that so well

the closest I can think of is the film In Bruges, but the comedy in that is too zany and the darkness is fairly shallow compared to what Slaughter-House Five is about, so depth on both ends of the spectrum is lost

Im on team Tralfalmadorians are real.
I reccomend Sirens of Titan if you want more Vonnegut.
I dont know which book to reccomend for team Tralfalmadorians are mental illness. Maybe breakfast of champions.