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Wow. It's been a long time since I enjoyed a book this much. Nearly every paragraph is thought-provoking, entertaining, and/or they just get the facts across as succinctly/clearly as possible. I talk to people often about how I think there are "macro-authors" who write great plots, and "micro-authors" who write great sentences that satisfy your brain like candy does. In this book Vonnegut does both. I could open up to pretty much any page and find an idea or dialogue between characters that make
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At its core , Cat's Cradle is a nihilist book dressed up with humour, sarcasm and a snappy pace, with short chapters that fly by quickly.
Narratively, the book is a little uneven with events slowing down in the second half of the book.
Vonnegut is a clever writer exploring the nature of belief, of connection, of religion, of politics, of scientific ethics, of human nature before coldly reminding the reader that nothing in life matters as demonstrated in the following quote:
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Narratively, the book is a little uneven with events slowing down in the second half of the book.
Vonnegut is a clever writer exploring the nature of belief, of connection, of religion, of politics, of scientific ethics, of human nature before coldly reminding the reader that nothing in life matters as demonstrated in the following quote:
"In the beginning, God ...more
Dec 30, 2012
Cora
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I enjoyed reading Cat's Cradle, a satire about the end of the world. I felt that there were a bunch of deep thoughts in the novel and I only caught about half of them, the rest of them went right over my head. But the ones I did get really made me think. It was a quick read and contained a good deal of humor. The characters were an interesting mix, but I felt like I never really knew any of them. I really liked what the book had to say about war, science, religion, and the ridiculousness of the
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Third encounter of the Vonnegut kind for me. A story with multiple arcs, weaving and twisting around the concept of kismet, featuring a satyrical, nihilistic religion called Bokononism and a way to end the world with a sliver of specially bred water crystal. Darker than both "Slaughterhouse Five" and "The Sirens of Titans", the book still sings with Vonnegut's distinctive terse, subtly poetic style.
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Aug 20, 2009
Vesra (When She Reads)
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Dec 21, 2021
Rebekah
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