My point still stands. It's an artform, interpret it how you want. An artist creates in hopes of eliciting a thought/feeling/reaction. They are not in control of what you think/feel/do.

My limited understanding was that the movie was made intentionally bad to underscore that it was to be taken as satyr, mocking the military complex and extreme violence/views. Having never read the book I would have assumed that it was also written to be satyr. As with all artforms, it's open to interpretation. So, at the very least, it could be read as such. It sounds like you're interested in reading it, so do, but don't take it literally.

Edit: satire* too many fantasies