Slaughterhouse 5

This was my first Vonnegut read, and won't be my last. This guy...is on a different level. Some people call him ‘counter-culture's novelist' - which I completely understand and respect from this fine piece of literature. Slaughterhouse Five is near impossible to categorise - so all I'll say is pay attention as you read. The amount of social and humanist commentary throughout this book is impressive - and demands a second read, which I'll definitely pay it at some point in the future. I feel as though Neil Gaiman, a favourite author of mine, would have read some Vonnegut stories in his early days. They both have this staunch sense of surrealism and quirkiness in their writings - yet the non-linearity of Vonnegut (in this book, at least) is a unique characteristic that may intimidate some. Hang in there. It's worth it.