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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
This is a reread for me. I'm a huge fan of Vonnegut and, despite its datedness and flaws, I still love this book as much as I did the first time I read it. I am, indeed, terribly biased.
adventurous
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Funny. Bleak. Satire at it's best.
Short sharp chapters made it nice and easy to read too.
Short sharp chapters made it nice and easy to read too.
I laughed.
'Something's funny?'
'Pay no attention when I laugh,' I begged him. 'I'm a notorious pervert in that respect.'
Lucky me, lucky mud.
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism, Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, War
The main content warning I'd give is one character has dwarfism and is often referred to with the m-word.
Everything else fits in with the themes & context of the book
As much as I liked Slaughter House Five, I disliked Cat's Cradle! Rambling, boring, and uneventful, this Vonnegut Classic was not for me! I may want to try and read it again in a few decades, but right now it was not engaging enough to even finish!
I need to reread this at a slower pace I think, because it was slightly confusing and strange (very Vonnegut, I know). I like the idea and the humor, but I want to reread it to get the main concepts and allusions better. I did however enjoy the Cat’s Cradle explanation bit. Cat’s Cradle is the game where children thread string through their fingers and then intertwine them in complex patterns, thus spawning the namesake phrase “cats cradle” meaning something complicated. In the book, a character makes a cats cradle for his son, and his son is ungrateful. I sort of read this to be an allegory of God creating a way to follow Him and be in relationship with Him - which can be complicated for sure - and humans being ungrateful. Because there is no cat, and there is no cradle, so eventually they reject it and leave the religion because they don’t see the point. Idk how much of this interpretation is valid or intended, but it’s what I saw, sort of.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Once again, Vonnegut writes a banger and continues to charm the reader with his stellar wit.
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated