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Catch-22
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I have tried three times and can not drop into this book. It's too disjointed my brain doesn't work that way I guess. I wanted to like it. I loved the premise, the concept. It just didn't work and I'm more disappointed about it than anyone else. :-0
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Jul 30, 2020 08:23PM
That’s really too bad. One of the greats.
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I could not stand this book- good chance on my top ten all time worst books i was in the navy for 4 years.
How did it get 3 stars-drop the hammer if it is bad it is bad
I know, everyone else seems to love this book, but I would give it a half star. Rich and I agree with you.
R.D. wrote: "That’s really too bad. One of the greats."Thats what I mean I really wanted to like it. :-)
Rich wrote: "I could not stand this book- good chance on my top ten all time worst books i was in the navy for 4 years."This is a strange book with the chasm between those who like it and those who don't.
Book2Dragon wrote: "I know, everyone else seems to love this book, but I would give it a half star. Rich and I agree with you.":-)
Exactly my experience trying to read it, too.
Same is true for me, totally understand.
I'm not feeling so left out now. :-)d.
Totally agree it just didn’t flow for me.
whats so bad about it, (i mean it inspired a catphrase) I hve been intreseted in reading it for a while but never managed to find a copy?
You tried three times, which is more than most of us do. 'A' for effort, David!
I'm sorry you couldn't get into it. Funny thing is, it's one of my all-time favorite books. Go figure +)
david wrote: "whats so bad about it, (i mean it inspired a catphrase) I hve been intreseted in reading it for a while but never managed to find a copy?"pretty sure the phrase was around before the book
Craig wrote: "Totally agree it just didn’t flow for me.":-)
Interesting.. It's one of my top ten choices. The characters, drama, humor and zany antics in a war environment are unique. It's hard not to think that MASH was created using a similar idea! Each to their own.
Jonathan, you are probably correct. I guess for me, I do understand gallows humor (my sister and mom worked in the medical profession), I just didn't connect with it. It does make sense that when you face life and death the mundane does seem absurd.
Rich wrote: "david wrote: "whats so bad about it, (i mean it inspired a catphrase) I hve been intreseted in reading it for a while but never managed to find a copy?"pretty sure the phrase was around before th..."
Ok i was lead to belive that A catch-22 is a paradoxical situation from which an individual cannot escape because of contradictory rules or limitations. and that the term was coined by Joseph Heller, who used it in his 1961 novel Catch-22.
but i may be wrong so moving on what does that have to do with me asking whats so bad about the book?
Right there with you, David! Even though there were times I laughed out loud, I didn’t find it compelling.
It was just stupid to me------I know all the military I was in the navy for 4 years. The stupid names, the pace of the story , the flow, boring, dragged, the dialogue. I cant agree this story was used for Mash. I read around 70 pages or so and DNF
I think its just one of those books that hit certain readers a certain way, like Confederacy of Dunces. Both are stylistic, artistic but lack a cohesive story line, a Fictive Dream.d.
I tried and failed to read this book for years. Then I discovered the audiobook, and that opened it up for me. What had been disjointed read off the page worked when listening to it. Finished it and loved it. If you ever want to give it a last try, check out the audiobook and see if it works for you as well.
Theo wrote: "I tried and failed to read this book for years. Then I discovered the audiobook, and that opened it up for me. What had been disjointed read off the page worked when listening to it. Finished it an..."Excellent, thanks. :-)
I’ve actually heard this multiple times from my friends
I'm not surprised by your take, as others have had similar issues. To me it was a matter of floating with the disjointed plot and chronology, and finding different characters perspectives coming together to enhance the satire. I found it not so much about the tragedy and farce of the war as it was about the economic farce of the profit-seeking war-mongers sans any human/ideological loyalties.
