Slaughterhouse-Five: The Graphic Novel Reviewed by Christopher J. Garcia As is well-known, Kurt Vonnegut is my favorite writer. His work has informed much of my life, my gentle cynicism, dark moods existing within comic scenarios, and most importantly, the idea of satire as an important aspect of literature. I’ve read so many of his works over and over, though there’s only one of his novels I’ve ever actually read – Slaughterhouse-Five. That’s right. I’ve never read what most consider to be his most important work. I’ve read so many of his novels more than five times, most notably Player Piano more than a dozen times, but I’ve never actually read Slaughterhouse. Oh, I’ve watched the hell out of the George Roy Hill movie, it’s a near masterpiece, but never read it. So, having purchased the graphic novel, adapted by Ryan North of Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, and Albert Monteys, I both knew and did not know what was coming. Because there was no way you can know what’s happening in this graphic novel, and no way you cannot know what’s happening.
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November 27th, 2021
