Personal Review

I personally enjoyed Catch-22 very much. The cyclical logic and absurd humor was amusing and enjoyable. The book was laugh out-loud-funny with witty character who were all slightly off. Despite their sheer comedic value each character had their own worth, flaws, and quirks. The dialogue was amusing although frustrating when conversations are never completed and leave you curious about character's motives and personality. Despite the sheer satire and insanity throughout the novel, I found it to be incredibly realistic in the same way that when you ask doctors which medical show on television is most realistic and the most common answer received will be Scrubs. I really enjoyed Yossarian's character. He was crazy but not to the point of not making sense. His cowardice and laziness was slightly endearing and his paranoia was very entertaining because in a war he had a valid reason to believe people were attempting to kill him when he was shot at daily. The writing style was interesting because I felt like Heller was setting us up for a joke who's punchline would not come until much later but would be well worth it. I was a little confused by the time-line at first, however I found if you keep track of the mission quota you can find what time it is relative to the book's present period.