i really enjoyed slaughterhouse five
really
i did
but there are several things id change

first of all, the ending
okay what was up with that
i mean the whole book got me excited and then it just ended
while i do understand that vonnegut has his style and what not, i still think the ending could have been much better
there is hardly any detail and it seems mostly irrelevant
i couldnt help but get the feeling the vonnegut just quit at that point
i get that, it happens
to me, sometimes i put my heart and soul into a project, then right at the end i just die
i stop caring
and so i just wrap it up and go do something else
perhaps thats what happened to vonnegut
who knows?
okay so to sum it all up, i wish vonnegut had expanded the ending and made it more exciting/fulfilling for the reader

second, i really, really, really, really, really wish there was more detail about the historical events
again, i understand that slaughterhouse five is not a history textbook
that sort of thing just fascinates me though, and i think that if this is supposed to be a first person account, there should still be more background information
i hate to say it but simply saying dresden was bombed does not seem acceptable to me
i want to know everything: length of time, dates, number of attacking planes, bombs dropped, etc
there is just too much information missing about the historical parts
it feels like its lacking to me
i still enjoyed it, but i did not like having to do independent research to gather information
there was a huge contrast in style as i stopped mid-sentence to look something up
i felt like i couldnt completely get absorbed sometimes because i was just curious about the facts
having more background information would have made me enjoy slaughterhouse five even more
oh well though

finally, i wish there were less penis references
i mean im totally okay with penises (in case you didnt know i have one)
its just, through some ridiculous bad luck, i stumbled across each penis-related comment while eating
and they came out of nowhere, that was the other thing!
id be there, eating (om nom nom) and then all of a sudden, PENIS TALK
again, im fine with penises, but while im eating? is that necessary?
it is quite unfortunate to have to read about cold showers, shrivelled penises and retracted balls while eating raisins
or reading a description of honey being poured all over a penis in the desert when youre drinking honey lemon tea
it just caught me by surprise
half of it was the fact that i was eating too though
hmmm
shame i wasnt drinking milk when i got to page 209



- jakevin