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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

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eyesofcrows's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It’s such an odd book and the timeline isn’t consistent and various characters do awful things—I hate one specific character—but it’s absurd in the best of ways. There’s no direct plot other than Yossarian’s deepest need to get out of the cycle of his military duties. There’s millions of subplots between pages and words that I would love to understand myself. I hadn’t even realised the timeline was inconsistent until half way into the book. When I had, I wanted to reread from the beginning but I carried on.

I liked it. There’s times that made me uncomfortable and the occasional thing but it was a fun book to read and witness. Even in the most serious moments, humour interjects itself in such an absurd manner that it’s actually fitting

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to_ilektraki's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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madzie's review against another edition

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dark funny sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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jujubeans's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Ok imagine the speed and subject of the plot like this: completely straight and consistent line for about the first 85%, then a quick drop in tone and weirdly enough, style, then a crazy steep climb at the very end. It is incredibly crass, vulgar, violent, gory, confusing, and humorous in the way “Who’s on first“ would be humorous if the characters were depressed, lonely, terrified, and traumatized to a great extent.

I don’t know how I feel about it to be honest.

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