Slaughter-House Five

Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most. Billy Pilgrim’s journey is at once a farcical look at the horror and tragedy of war where children are placed on the frontlines and die (so it goes), and a moving examination of what it means to be fallibly human. An American classic and one of the world’s seminal antiwar books, Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five is faithfully presented in graphic novel form for the first time from Eisner Award-winning writer Ryan North (How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Albert Monteys (Universe!).

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Tessa <3

Jun 16, 2025

8/10 stars

I'm not much of a SciFi fan typically but this book is amazing. I recommend it to anybody. Still very relevant.

Zita

Jan 11, 2025

10/10 stars

that first interjection when vonnegut writes ‘that was me that was I…’ (not accurate quote probably—just from my head) really shook me. it made it all real. ofc i knew that all these horrors were real but adding these pieces of non-fiction —showing us that this was his own life, his reality at some point in time—jolted me from the pages of this ‘science fiction’ and into the real world.

whothehelliskaitlin

Dec 23, 2024

8/10 stars

Read this a few months ago. This book was fun to read and explorative in style. All of the characters and events were a little ridiculous, which touches on the book's theme of how ridiculous the act of war is. If you're looking to read some classics, I say this is an easy book to start with because of its easy to read writing and its short length. One of my favorite quotes of all time is from this book: "Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt". If weird sci-fi books are your thing (time travel/aliens) this is a good book for you.

Omair

Sep 12, 2024

absurd and hilarious but couldn't be a better depiction of war

The Nerdy Narrative

Jul 19, 2024

10/10 stars

What an interesting and enlightening read! Definitely bears another reading - so many things here to provoke thought concerning WWII. (At least that’s my opinion)

A mix of humor to tamp down the horror of war, a delicate balance Vonnegut mastered. I really enjoyed his writing style and very much interested in reading more of his work.