(also known as The Children's Crusade, but less widely)
I started reading Slaughterhouse-Five yesterday. The book started out as the narrator, a veteran, tried to collect his memories and thoughts about World War Two. Then, in the second chapter, everything changes. The narrator begins to focus no longer on himself, but a man named Bobby. Bobby has had many tragedies fall upon him, and claims that he can travel through time. I've gotten to the point where Bobby claims to his daughter that he was displayed in a zoo on Tralfmidore, a far away planet.
I've enjoyed the humor in this book, but at times it can be really confusing. How Bobby is at all related to the first chapter is somewhat mind-boggling, but I think it will be explained in the end. I would recommend this to anyone my age or older, as it has a little bit of suggestive comedy which would not be understood by people of a younger age.
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