This version of the book has been reviewed in English(2289), Slovak(1), Czech(2), Danish(1), Indonesian(1), Italian(1), Hebrew(1), Spanish(2), French(1) by readers.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-11-28 10:26:02.
(Language: English)
 
“Almost on cue, a nursing mother padded past holding an infant in black rags, and Yossarian wanted to smash her too, because she reminded him of the barefoot boy in the thin shirt and thin, tattered trousers and of all the shivering, stupefying misery in a world that never yet had provided enough heat and foot and justice for all but an ingenious and unscrupulous handful. What a lousy earth! He wondered how many people were destitute that same night even in his own prosperous country, how many homes were shanties, how many husband were drunk and wives socked, and how many children were bullied, abused or abandoned. How many families hungered for food they could not afford to buy? How many hearts were broken? How many suicides would take place that same night, how many people would go insane? How many cockroaches and landlords would triumph? How many winners were losers, successes failures, rich men poor men? How many wise guys were stupid? How many happy endings were unhappy endings? How many honest men were liars, brave men cowards, loyal men traitors, how many sainted men were corrupt, how many people in positions of trust had sold their souls to black-guards for petty cash, how many had never had souls? How many straight-and-narrow paths were crooked paths? How many best families were worst families and how many good people were bad people? When you added them all up and then subtracted, you might be left with only the children, and perhaps with Albert Einstein and an old violinist or sculptor somewhere.”Catch-22 is one of the wittiest books that I have ever read. It looks like a war story everything happened in an island which is used as a base for an American bombardier squadron. But when you think about it thoroughly you can see that it is about our life and it almost cover every aspects of our life with different characters and events. It makes you laugh and at the same time feel sad, very sad. “Yossarian was cold, too, and shivering uncontrollably. He felt goose pimples clacking all over him as he gazed down despondently at the grim secret Snowden had spilled all over the messy floor. It was easy to read the message in his entrails. Man was matter, that was Snowden’s secret. Drop him out a window and he’ll fall. Set fire to him and he’ll burn. Bury him and he’ll rot, like other kinds of garbage. The spirit gone, man is garbage. That was Snowden’s secret. Ripeness was all.” 
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Tracy posted a review at 2009-11-27 22:52:30.
(Language: English)
I read this in High School and laughed out loud. It was probably the inspiration for MASH, humor is along the same lines. Loaded with irony.
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Vidya posted a review at 2009-11-26 07:07:04.
(Language: English)
This is a must-read, a book that opens eyes and yet keeps you glued. Is there anyone who sees the world as a place with easier choices? If yes, s/he's either very young or rather stupid.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-11-25 14:27:59.
(Language: English)
My favourite book. Ever. Relentlessly witty and dark at it's heart, it's a perfect balance of humour and tragedy, fantastically judged and brilliantly executed.
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David Singh posted a review at 2009-11-25 10:49:06.
(Language: English)
One of the greatest armed forces humours! Miss it and u miss some precious light moments of ur life.
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Erin posted a review at 2009-11-25 09:08:02.
(Language: English)
Read over and over, life truly is a Catch 22!
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Jessica posted a review at 2009-11-24 17:48:42.
(Language: English)
Gave up on it. Too much junk.
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Tonbjorn posted a review at 2009-11-24 06:44:34.
(Language: English)
my favourite book of all time, exploring the absurdity of war, you will actually laugh out loud so best read at home ahah
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A reader posted a review at 2009-11-22 09:31:23.
(Language: English)
Yuck! One of few classics I could not finish!
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