“You know, for a Vonnegut novel, and for a novel about war, this doesn't seem as wowing as I'd expected. Vonnegut, when he graded all of his novels, gave this novel an A, and yet it's not among his strongest. Perhaps what he had to say was more relevant in the early 60's, but he's not professing any new ideas here, and his voice is decidedly less Vonnegut-like than in his other novels. It's good, but it's not the kind of writing that made him one of the best.”
Levi T wrote this review Friday, August 15 2008.
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