Catch-22, by Joseph Heller

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Originally Posted by Mutatis-Mutandi

The book was about a hundred pages too long for me, as the various stories and comedic scenes just grew a bit tiresome.

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Few funny bits here and there, but overdone and far too long. Did not enjoy it overall, and you could even say it was the worst book I have ever read.

I have read 150 pages in this book, and I must say I am doubtful what I really think about it. Sometimes it's very funny, very absurd, and I like that. But I also think it's too many characters that make the plot a tad confusing and too much slapstick for my taste.

If hey had, they would understand that rather being about the pointlessness of life or about human greed, it is instead an ironic novel. Heller understood the types he parodied because he had met them in his stint in the service. I doubt if this novel can be comprehended in total by young people never having served in one of the armed sevices.

I read catch-22 on a beach in Goa, and so I have fond memories of scaring the local kids and the melon sellers by laughing out loud.

I liked the film too. It had the absurdity of it and I liked the comedic paranoi. Have you forgotten how funny it is?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLNnWw1YHGg