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John Hovard salesf8fa — this is one of the best books ever. a funny, witty, easy read with lots of action, a great plot, and some of the best characters I have "met". I laughed my way through it, and then devoured the rest of the series (there are 12 books in all now)

Armando Vega vegawouriyuu — I was disappointed that I didn't like this book more. It's a classic, the idea behind it is genius (as well as legendary) and everyone I've talked to about it absolutely adores the book. Despite the short-comings I had with Catch-22 it was still good and definitely lived up to it's earned titled as a classic. Perhaps my main problem with it was that it took me ages to read the book. Maybe because I started it around the beginning of the holiday season where life in general takes on a busy rush with little downtime. That and also, it's a book that once you start reading you can definitely stay absorbed and engaged, but finding the will and energy to pick it up... well- that was pretty difficult. It almost felt, to me, like required reading from high school- you knew you were going to enjoy it once you started reading it, but it was a brand of homework that you (or at least I) always struggled to avoid. But yes- once I did start reading it I enjoyed it, despite my difficulty following it on nights I was almost too tired to keep my vision focused. Yossarian, I felt was the perfect person to follow throughout our story. Non-threatening, not overly-neurotic, funny and clever, yet angry and assertive, he was a great counter balance to all the interesting and random people that came in and out of his service life. There were a lot of people, though. Or at least it felt like there were a lot of people, and that was part of the problem keeping up with the book. Especially the commanding officers. Often they blurred together and I couldn't keep them apart from one another. Certain ones popped up that I never remembered being introduced to, and others just disappeared... Major Major anyone? But at least Yossarian was a reassuring constant who kept the book afloat. After all there was really no plot-line doing that, the "story" all rested on Yossarian. And while I was annoyed by the huge amount of characters, they still all felt needed, so I just took it as a neccessary evil. The growth of Yossarian was also really moving. There is no given time frame, only the amount of missions being raised, so the reader doesn't know how long Yossarian has been flying. But his personality and nature in the beginning changes and evolves to something obviously more jaded and matured (and of course worn down) by the end of the book, but still maintaining the spitfire personality we first saw. Hands down the best aspect of this book was Heller's writing. Not only is our central problem the issue of Catch-22, but everything is written as it's own small version of a Catch-22. The steady flow of hypocrisies and ironies were beautifully and humorously written. The creativity and genius that was involved in the writing definitely marked Heller as an author to be reckoned with. It was his crafting of the overall novel that encouraged me to seek out his other works to see how if his writing changes, which I kind of hope because the style he chose for this book really could only fit this book. Let me give this advice if you're reading this book or thinking about reading it. Do it. Keep going. The ending definitely picks up a bit more of a storyline to push you through those last chapters. Plus- Heller's writing is phenomenal, his words, structures, characters all worth seeing through until the end because they stay strong and do not become old and hackneyed. I'm glad I read this classic. I may even read it again in a couple years (not during the holidays) and see how I enjoy it then. My boss (who says this is her favorite book) tells me it gets better with every reading so I hope the same is true with me.