A review by charbck
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

i like the ideas presented in this book but i didnt find it particularly funny like i was supposed to , and the misogyny was too glaring for me to focus. i think the funniness was to come from the “stupid” women and newt being a little person, but obv that is not funny to a 21st century reader

this is still a good book nonetheless, just not for me i think. i like what it comments on, about the nothingless of life and the absurdity of religion and
how ice-nine is basically the atom bomb also and how i guess it represents the cold war and puts into more perspective how the atom bomb would ruin earth but he had to create a new thing because we are so desensitized to the idea of the atom bomb.
so i guess thats why people like it.

i think i read it at the wrong time. with my general depression about and the collapse of our nation led by christian lunatics and with the overtaking of technology…. it was a little too on the nose for me.
i understand why the san lorenzo ppl listened to bokonon and killed themselves. it was so easy, and it made sense. it was the perfect ending and tbh i could see a similar thing happening now, if the cold war could thaw out and be less cold
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