Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

This was a classic I bought a while ago from a recommendation from a few people. I knew nothing at all going into this, beyond it being dark satire. So reading this was an interesting experience. And it wasn’t what I expected at all.

“So it goes” is the mantra for this novel. Learned from the Tralfamadorians who see in 4 dimensions, so death isn’t a thing, you are never dead because in other moments you are alive. Yep, there are aliens in this, semi-biographical, meta-story about World War 2 and Benny Pilgrim.

Dresden after Allied Bombing taken by Abraham Pisarek
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