I was really stumped with what to read next. While I know it’s not even close to possible, I’m getting to the point where sometimes I think I’ve read everything in the library. So after wandering around with no direction around the fiction area, I stopped in the V section. I’ve never read anything by Kurt Vonnegut and figured that I should give the chap a shot.
So I picked up Slaughterhouse-Five as I did recognize the title, but really had no idea what it was about. I do have to admit that after reading the first few chapters, I was quite confused. Not what I was expecting even though I really had no expectations.
Once I got a few chapters in the life of Billy Pilgrim was beginning to make sense. The book did a solid job of pointing out the terrible thing that is war, something that I’ve always felt was much too glorified by society. Killing people is always a bad thing to do.
The whole aliens and 4th dimension was very strange, but also interesting. There were also several humorous moments mixed in with the doom and gloom as well. A pretty different and interesting read.