Slaughterhouse Five

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Slaughterhouse Five

Kurt Vonnegut

Chad and I are huge fans of the TV show Lost.   I have always been intrigued by some of the books that pop in the shows.  Lots of times Sawyer, of all people, will be reading a book on the island.  On the Lost website there is a "book club" list of all the books that have somehow been either talked about or read or on a book shelf somewhere in the Lost episodes.  While I was looking through these lists I saw Slaughterhouse Five.  I had heard of the book before and  decided to pick it up at the library.

I really had no idea what to expect from this book, but it was definitely an interesting book solely based upon how Vonnegut writes.  He has a very unique style.  The story is about a man who is a prisoner of war during World War II and who ends up being in Dresden when it is bombed, and basically obliterated during WWII.  The back cover of the book talks about how it is a serious book and has emotional subjects but it's presented in such a way that it's almost funny and never do you feel like shedding a tear.  It is definitely an interesting perspective on being in the war.  

In terms of being on the Lost list, the character "time travels" and is abducted by aliens at one point so I guess that somehow has a link to Lost because the characters on the TV show are in some kind of time traveling or time warp.  Soon the final season of Lost will start and hopefully it'll all make sense soon!