Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - Cat's Cradle

Pros: story; characters; witty humor; writing
Cons: Christians may not like it as much

I’ll say it upfront. Christians probably will find this short novel somewhat depressing. Vonnegut’s themes revolve around how religions are full of lies and we make our own destiny, but another, more positive, theme that comes through is that ...

Pros: Asks the reader to question our culture. Superb writing style.
Cons: First half may seem pointless to some

Cat’s Cradle is written as a memoir by Jonah, an aspiring writer who is conducting research for his novel about Dr. Felix Hoenikker, one of the “Fathers” of the atomic bomb and the day the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Dr. Hoenikker has died so Jonah...

Pros: fun
Cons: weird at first

As it happened-"As it was supposed to happen," Bokonon would say-my friend and I were talking about Kurt Vonnegut. He was convinced Vonnegut was black. I tried to give him an easy out by offering, "Vonnegut wrote black humour; maybe you got ...

Pros: An engaging quick read packed to the gills with wit and intelligence
Cons: Story never really goes anywhere, readers who are plot-oriented may feel they're left hungry.

This amusing book presents us the memoirs of a man intricately involved in the commencement of the Apocalypse. Writing to us from a most unenviable position in history, Jonah tells us his most peculiar tale. Jonah has, by accident, become ...

Pros: Nothing Like Making the Gears Turn.
Cons: Haunting and somewhat heartbreaking, but that is not a con necessarily.

Toward the end of last year I found myself with an insane almost obsessive-compulsive need to read. I started out with a couple of books my high school journalism teacher had given to me shortly before graduation in 1999. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s...

Pros: creativity, satire, cynicism
Cons: may be difficult to read for some

Let me begin by stating that the works of Kurt Vonnegut, especially Cat's Cradle, have created an increased sense of cynicism in my mentality. His imagery and satire, more than any other author's, have made me aware of certain underlying ideas...

Pros: Hilarious! Grand message that isn't sappy. Insanity! The end of the frickin' world!
Cons: For the first time, I can not think of one.

The terrors of modern times. The end of the world. A piece of string. Total destruction and the annihilation of every living thing from a crystal that can fit under your finger nail. A liar that creates a new religion, and spoons it out via calypso...

Pros: A fantastic vision realized; terrific storytelling; a very memorable literary experience
Cons: - - -

Relatively speaking, Kurt Vonnegut's masterpiece, Cat's Cradle, is more conventionally written than his other two canonized works, Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions. Cat's Cradle, one of his earliest novels, is a...

Pros: Hysterically cynical, wonderful plot twists
Cons: Definitely not for the reader who doesn't like Vonnegut

In Vonnegut's novel, a Manhattan novelist has decided to write a novel about what people were doing on the day that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, which brings him into encounters with some quintissentially Vonnegutian characters- a bicycle...

Pros: Great book with lots of twists and weird-cool stuff happening
Cons: Can't think of any.

I don't want to give any of this book away so I'm going to try to write a short summary on it. I hope I succeed.

This book has everything from crazies to government to religion and beyond. This whole book is explaining to you why the end of...

Pros: Entertaining and funny
Cons: None I cant think of.

Cat’s Cradle is a novel that tells the reader that it is acceptable to avoid the truth in order to achieve happiness. The basis of the Bokonon religion is a lie. Bokonon tells his followers “Live by the foma (harmless untruths) that make you brave and...

Pros: Intelligent and witty
Cons: Can be a bit slow at parts

Kurt Vonnegut's 'Cat's Cradle' is a modern day masterpiece. The ultimate satire on all religions and humans alike, this book sees the world through the eyes of a man as he converts from non belief into the beliefs of a Bokononist. Ironically, Bokonon's...

Pros: Addresses the pressing issues of a nuclear holocaust
Cons: can't say there were any

In this delightfully funny book, Vonnegut addresses the pressing issues surrounding nuclear war. The writer mentioned in the novel, John, makes a trip to San Lorenzo to find the creator of the bomb. This goes to show that given the opportunity, someone...

Pros: Delightfully Dark and Riotously Real
Cons: MEOW

Black humor takes a certain understanding of human nature in conjunction with a definite grasp of the surreal. Kurt Vonnegut possesses both in addition to great insight and a definitive style.

Cat's Cradle is about mud. Nothing more,...

Pros: clever, funny, one of Vonnegut's best
Cons: ???????

I have read about seven Kurt Vonnegut novels, and this is by far my favorite. I absolutely loved it. The opening paragraph says that anybody who doesn't understand how a false religion can still serve a good purpose, wouldn't understand the book. I...