This is the first Plinky questions that I instantly wanted to answer. I bought Catch-22 a few months ago. I had actually nearly purchased it every time I saw it for about a year but had never taken the plunge. Maybe my subconscious had been telling me. Consciously, It had intrigued me for some reason, the concept of a bumbling pilot in World War 2 who was just trying not to get killed seemed interesting. It also had a ton of praise behind it so I decided it can’t be bad.
Well I won’t say that it was bad, but I just couldn’t get into it. I just couldn’t get past the authors writing style, which was really messy. The story jumped all over the place and though it was full of the kind of ironic humor that I usually love, I just didn’t find it funny.
I think I’m about 1/3 of the way through it, I had it sitting on my nightstand for about a month, and finally just gave in and put it back on my bookshelf. It currently sits there mocking me. Someday when I’ve read everything in my house and everything on the series of tubes I’ll pick it up again. Until then, the adventures of Yossarian will remain only partially complete.
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I have gotten a little over a 1/3 in to ‘Catch 22′ twice and just got tired of it. It felt like he was still introducing characters and the book was almost half over. It also seemed like there was 40 characters that you needed to know and remember, which I was struggling with. I’ll probably give it a chance again, but it also sits on my bookshelf mocking me.
Glad to know someone else has struggled like I have. I will always feel bad about not finishing it. It’s an unfortunate fact that some books just don’t get finished.
That is the one book I have EVER given up on. I have this compulsion where if I start a book, I HAVE to finish it, no matter how bad it is. This was the one exception.
The book is a classic. You have to tough it out into the second half and it all starts to gel. I personally found the humor and sarcasm to be hilarious.