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DiapDealer · 10-08-2011, 08:49 AM

Is it worth reading the 1994 sequel Closing Time? I'm always leery of a writer returning to the same characters after such a long period of time. The magic can rarely be recaptured for me in those situations. Nothing can "spoil" the original for me at this point, of course, but I was just curious if anyone who loved Catch-22 had an opinion on Closing Time. Online reviews tend to be fairly evenly distributed across the entire five star spectrum. That's unusual, in my experience.

10-08-2011, 08:49 AM	#6
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,691 Karma: 205039118 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Is it worth reading the 1994 sequel Closing Time? I'm always leery of a writer returning to the same characters after such a long period of time. The magic can rarely be recaptured for me in those situations. Nothing can "spoil" the original for me at this point, of course, but I was just curious if anyone who loved Catch-22 had an opinion on Closing Time. Online reviews tend to be fairly evenly distributed across the entire five star spectrum. That's unusual, in my experience. Last edited by DiapDealer; 10-08-2011 at 08:52 AM.