Seth’s Reviews > Slaughterhouse-Five > Status Update

The "real book" begins? Enjoying the ridiculousness of the aliens-- is it a coping mechanism or just silly? A detached, blunt attitude towards death. "So it goes." Very funny, particularly the goofy but apt similes: "The gun made a ripping sound like the opening of the zipper on the fly of God Almighty."

First chapter is sort of a comedic snarky prologue. The author talks about the intro, climax, and ending of the book, basically spoiling the whole thing but it's entertaining. Very clearly anti-war; the protagonist was a prisoner of war in Dresden and/or might have assisted in the bombing.