Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut
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Slaughterhouse-Five: or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death

Thomcat
12/10/2025
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(Graphic Novel by Ryan North)

Book club reading Slaughterhouse Five, which I've read in the past. Rather than read it again (and I will do so soon), this graphic novel adaptation leapt out at me.

Just as good as I remember, and the comic adaptation works very well for jumping through time. I especially loved the "So it goes" bubbles that appeared (in appropriate places) outside the main narrative. The art is excellent - especially pre-bombing Dresden.

My gut feel is that the book is better, and I'll revisit this when I have a recent and direct comparison. There definitely wasn't enough Montana Wildhack in this version of the story.

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