ONTD Book Club discussion

Discuss Slaughterhouse Five!

I love Vonnegut's writing style, but I can see how weird it must be to get used to.

I'm actually really excited for this. I've never read any Vonnegut (I don't even know how this happened tbh), so this is the perfect opportunity. I read the first page on my kindle and it seems like something I'll end up digging quite a bit.

I had a bit of problem finishing this, because the time jumps made me question whether I was interested or not, but by the time I had finished it I was left with the need to read more of what he has written.

I had forgotten the amazing term "bitchy flibbertygibbet."

I read this the first time in 11th grade. I took this hybrid English/History class and this was one of our WWII novels. It caused a lot of controversy with a few kids, but I loved it. My teacher gave me a copy of Breakfast of Champions to read next.

I'm a big Vonnegut nerd. I saw him speak in Ohio ages ago and even named my iPod Kilgore Trout and it has a Vonnegut quote on the back. /csb

I have seen "so it goes" and "everything was beautiful and nothing hurt" tattooed on so many people so many times that i just cant bring myself to actually read this book.. :(

I am ranting. please don't be offended all you fans..

I finished it a couple of days, and I'm still not quite sure how I felt about it. Everybody seems to either love it or hate it, but I'm more in between. At first I didn't like it, but it does grow on you as you go.


LOVED "bitchy flibbertygibbet" though.