I just finished reading slaughterhouse five... and i have mixed impressions of the book. I believe that it's literary quality is excellent, and Kurt Vonnegut's writing is top notch. The story was engaging and flowed very well, and it was very easy to get into. The only downside to this, is the extraordinarily depressing mood of the novel. It got to a point where i was actually becoming depressed, and falling deeper into depression, as i continued reading. In credit to the author, it's not the story or characters in particular that are depressing, but the meaning and outlook on life that the story forcefully establishes in your brain.
The imagery in the story, almost entirely scenes of madness, sorrow and death, draw the reader to conclude that he is worthless. The plot of the story, and it's message, that no matter what you do you cannot change your destiny, that every moment of your life is predetermined, and that time is utterly irrelevant can lead one to feel powerless and insignificant. I can compare this to no novel i have read, for nothing in my literary history can compare to such a gruesome representation of death, war, and the meaninglessness of life.
As for my creative project, i have absolutely no idea what i'm going to do...
something war/death/time related
probably on film
But beyond that i have no idea.
It's interesting that you describe the book as having a mood of depression and sorrow and a theme of the meaninglessness of life: I found it to be more of a casual and layed-back style of writing.
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