jzelman's review against another edition
dark
funny
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
allenjd's review against another edition
dark
funny
reflective
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
karawhipple's review against another edition
2.0
Yikes. Catch-22 does not translate well to 1990s New York.
lastonedown's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
It just sucked. The plot was indecipherable (Catch-22 was complicated, but it made sense. This didn't), the new characters were so poorly written they were basically 0-dimensional and the returning ones (Milo, Yossarian, Chaplain, Wintergreen) were 1-d at best. This is the Ready Player 2 of classic American literature. It's so bad that it's actually good (if your sense of humor is as broken as mine), but then you remember that you could be rereading Catch-22 instead and it goes right back to being bad again.
It gets brownie points for the Chaplain saying "F*ck you!" though. That was pretty good.
Content Warnings
Moderate: War, Medical content, and Sexual content
Minor: Death, Gore, and Suicide
A lot more sex than you would expect and it's a bit more explicit than Catch but not by much, WW2 flashbacks, somebody is kidnapped by the governmentnikolastoti's review against another edition
It is an encore of (for me) the greatest novel ever written. You cannot stack up to such a title obviously. Dont treat this as Catch 22-2 but as an epilogue years later.
nenobeano's review against another edition
1.0
Terrible. All the things that made “Catch-22” great didn’t make it to this sequel. Learn from my mistake. Pretend “Closing Time” doesn’t exist.
salbulga's review against another edition
challenging
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
claphuenf's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5