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Summary: No damn cat, and no damn cradle!
Review: I enjoyed reading this short novel. Vonnegut satirizes everyone and everything. Read it for the satire on religion (Bokononism); read it for the satire on politics (San Lorenzo); and read it for the satire on education and the arts ("keep looking at all the Xs but can't find the cat and can't find the cradle").I had the same enjoyment reading this as I had while viewing Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, and reading Heller's Catch-22, and reading Tom Robbins' novels.
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Summary: The funniest and most entertaining book I've read
Review: Cat's Cradle is definently one of the best books I've read. It's humor is excellent. Kurt Vonegut is a brilliant writer. This book takes you on an unbelievable adventure through nothing you've ever encountered before. This book is fast paced and will keep you reading.
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Summary: wewigeon and wistianity
Review: Among Vonneguts best, Cat's Cradle is a skewed (and skewered) look at religion, faith, government, and mankinds need to *believe*. Both playfull and cynical, the book is never beating you over the head with it's message (i.e., Ayn Rand), but instead presents it to you in an obvious yet subtle fashion. (Onvious yet subtle? You figure that out) One of Vonneguts most loved, and for good reason. Recomended for both Vonnegut fans, and those looking to find out what the stink is all about.
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Summary: An enjoyable and scary satire.
Review: I've never read a Vonnegut book until Cat's Cradle. I had only seen the horrible film version of SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE. I knew that the book couldn't have been as bad as the movie. I went to the bookstore to find it, but they didn't have it. I then saw CAT'S CRADLE, and thought it would be a sufficent substitute. I'm glad i picked it up. It's a funny satire regarding the end of the world and the family of the man who invented the nuclear bomb. Vonnegut does a very good job at creating and maintaining brilliant characters and situations. I hope to soon pick up another Vonnegut book, and I have no doubt that I will enjoy it.
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Summary: a work of warped brilliance
Review: Cat's Cradle is a book that I will never forget, its witty satire and cynical outlook on life some how manages to mock every conceivable aspect of human nature. It does this without compromising the plot or the characters. Vonnegut's disturbing depiction of the Earth's ultimate demise is absolutely warped in its brilliance; he has truly out done himself.
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Summary: This is one of Vonnegut's best books I've read.
Review: Cat's Cradle is a book that I read for a book report recently, and it is one of the best book's I have ever read. The character's are great, though Kilgore Trout isn't in it, and it is easy to follow. Though the Bokonon references seem strange at first, they are necessary to the character Jonah, they prove to be essential to the book itself. This is the perfect book for fans of Breakfast of Champions and Welcome to the Monkey House.
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Summary: Vonnegut's lovely apocalypse
Review: Vonnegut's comic vision of the apocalypse is rich with originality and freshness: every short chapter has at least one inspired joke or set-piece. It's so tightly crafted that you feel like you're reading several different books in one; even though it's less than 200 pages, it manages to successfully satirize everything you can think of -- religion, politics, science, culture, media -- and still finds room for sympathetic characters and a coherent plot. The biblical parody, especially the Books of Bokonon and the whole Bokononist religion, is just ingenious. Even funnier and more relevant now than it must have been in the sixties.
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Summary: Great For Everyone, Vonnegut Triumphs Again
Review: I am a high school sophmore who read my first Vonnegut in eighth grade. I have been addicted ever since. I own my own copies of every Vonnegut book I can find, and they are all filled with markers of quotes, passages, and philosopies by one of the great satirist writers of all time. I continue to find reference to Vonnegut in many other books, and movies. I applaud Amazon for carrying such a wonderful book. In honor of Siskel and Ebert, I give this book two thumbs way up!
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Summary: Verbal Vonnegut Valhalla
Review: This was the first KV book that I read. I stumbled across it in 1968 and it cued a ravenous appetite for anything Vonnegut. I instantly identified with the book's quirky outlook on the nature of life and love on another eschelon. My absolute favorite book. In the early 70's my CB handle was "Ice 9", and today it is my Internet identification! So read it and decide for yourself.
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Summary: Hilarious! Vonnegut at his best!
Review: CAT'S CRADLE is a fabulous example of Kurt Vonnegut's witty, cynical, side-splitting style! CAT'S CRADLE not only delivers plenty of laughs, it makes an eloquent comment on modern man and his madness. Recommended to lovers of wild-eyed satire!
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