Cat's Cradle: A Novel

The only Vonnegut novel I bothered to read, for obvious reasons (HINT: I'm a cat). It was really great I thought. But didn't have as many cats as I thought it would. Still at least he mention them in the title, that's something I guess. I wish he had mentioned us in Slaughterhouse 5, because I really actually want to read that one. However my rampant egomania about being a cat prohibits me from...more

The only Vonnegut novel I bothered to read, for obvious reasons (HINT: I'm a cat). It was really great I thought. But didn't have as many cats as I thought it would. Still at least he mention them in the title, that's something I guess. I wish he had mentioned us in Slaughterhouse 5, because I really actually want to read that one. However my rampant egomania about being a cat prohibits me from reading anything that doesn't promise to mention cats at least once.   hide

Twisted and brilliant, VERY hard to follow if your brain doesn't like twisting itself in knots. (And who doesn't like that, I ask you?) Vintage Vonnegut.

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Easily one of Mr. Vonnegut's most straightforward novels which, considering the book deals with a global apocalypse, loss, family, religion and sex each in their own separate story lines, is especially impressive. If I didn't hate feet so much I'd be a Bokononist.