What stood out to me at first was how the book jumps from one scene to another without warning, as if the author just remembered something he wants to say, and interrupts the current story to start describing a different story.

In retrospect I realize that, while at first the humor and strange flow of the story from one scene to another were what I like best about the book, I ended up being most impressed with the characters. Yossarian, the hapless chaplain, the crafty Orr, the execrable Arfy, the near-autistically single-minded Milo. Then there are all the very human, very flawed people put into positions of power making terrible decisions. It's a wonder anything ever gets done anywhere.