Initial Thoughts on Slaughterhouse-Five

I'm really enjoying Slaughterhouse-Five so far. I love the style it's written in; it's sort of casual and disjointed, but it does actually sound like a conversation. There are breaks for memories and the switch between tenses can be a little disorienting at times, but the overall effect is neat. I also like the way that there are elements of science fiction incorporated into the narrative seamlessly. Plot-wise, the meta-fiction aspect of the book is really interesting because it makes us, as readers, look at the novel in a different way. For me, at least, it adds a sense of fabrication--which isn't necessarily bad. The note on the first page is also interesting because it seems to do the opposite; it adds a sense of reality to the fiction.