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A review by ostrava
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
1.0
Part of the problem with Catch-22 is that it's not a plot oriented novel at all, its structure is more so built around the cast of characters who keep popping up in everyone else's storyline and who get featured in their own special episode as main characters, almost as a precursor to the TV format that would get popular in the American audience for the following decades. MASH was probably a bit like this, but I've never watched it myself, so I wouldn't know.
There are some chuckles here and there, but I find the whole experience to be an immense bore. It is too long, far too long for my taste, and while some amused me, none of the characters truly appealed to me.
Overall, I can't say Catch 22 is a bad book. By all means, it's at the very least decent, but I count myself among the unfortunate who did not "get it" in spite of seeing sparks of humor here and there, and my overall impression of it leans a bit on the negative if I'm being totally honest.
(Note: I did not finish it, but for a book of this kind it doesn't even seem to matter. Sure, the ending would have been great or whatever but I don't care. I will also count it as a read because I read it for long enough, and long enough too. Life's too short and you know the rest...).
There are some chuckles here and there, but I find the whole experience to be an immense bore. It is too long, far too long for my taste, and while some amused me, none of the characters truly appealed to me.
Overall, I can't say Catch 22 is a bad book. By all means, it's at the very least decent, but I count myself among the unfortunate who did not "get it" in spite of seeing sparks of humor here and there, and my overall impression of it leans a bit on the negative if I'm being totally honest.
(Note: I did not finish it, but for a book of this kind it doesn't even seem to matter. Sure, the ending would have been great or whatever but I don't care. I will also count it as a read because I read it for long enough, and long enough too. Life's too short and you know the rest...).