What more can I say? It's great Vonnegut. I've read it and reread it and will reread it again.

It was so good. I am now determined to read as much Kurt Vonnegut as I can.
This book is filled with the most wonderful "harmless untruths"
I've now converted to Bokonon. My karass has led me to see the foma of my ways.

I feel like this novel deserves more stars than I gave it. Before taking any of my opinions into account, I just want to note that I an wholly aware of the fact that I am an ignorant high schooler. In many more ways than one, this novel was just too smart for me. While it's true I enjoyed the dark humor and the irony of the book itself, I fear a large chunk of the cleverness escaped me. I didn't like it enough to give it five stars, yet, at the same time, I feel that if I were more experienced, or perhaps have read more novels, I'd be able to better appreciate this. I want to give this novel five stars. But I'd be lying if I did.

Great book, first I’ve read by him. The ending of the book was so good wild, I had no idea that’s how it was going to end lmao

One of Vonnegut's early and really brilliant works. I know that when reading it, one might think the author disillusioned, but the construct of using a made-up religion to lampoon the trivial nature of human things is genius. It could stand purely on its honesty and self-effacing humour in that regard.
You see the plot through the eyes of an author, and satire spins to black humour to sci-fi, to politics, and finally, raw, relentless humanity.

I was recently introduced to Kurt Vonnegut through a tv show I saw about him. Do you know that he survived a fire bombing in WWII and then had to find a way to write about the horrors of war in a way that would not hurt so much? He turned to science fiction. But this is not really science fiction. It is more about loneliness.

He sat next to her at the bar and said, "Is this seat taken?" She said, "I'm not interested" and he said, "Neither am I." Later, at the motel, it turned out they both had underestimated their lack of interest, but not by much."

In the book “Cats Cradle”, Kurt Vonnegut uses discreet humor, irony and his own made up religion, Bokononism to illustrate how science is both helpful and harming. His writing can be confusing to young readers considering his complex references. I ended the book with the realization that a crazy idea formed by a capable and credited person can have the power to demolish the aspects of life as we look at it.

The narrorator of the book, John is in the process of writing a book titled, The Day the World Ended. This book is about the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and in order to write it, John needs to do research on Felix Hoenikker who was one of the scientist involved with the atomic bomb. This book really made realize how though science is extremely helpful, credible, and has advanced society in many ways it also has been used to its advantage to cause the worst days in history. The narrator's perspective is what reveals the cruelty that has been done through the knowledge of science. This book would be favored by those who enjoy the different directions that science can go along with authentic humor and strong writing by remarkable Kurt Vonnegut.

? mainly. but... i did write some strange 'life revelation'esque things. mildly confused but also i think i understood it pretty well.

I don not usually LIKE books of criticism, books by critics, or the nature of criticism in general. Sometimes the search for meaning in books like this is inflated by bogus intellectual constructions which have little bearing on the author's meaning. But, of course, all books are different, and this one was actually enjoyable, although there are many instances of the same passages (from Vonnegut) repeated through and through in different essays appearing here.
I was "turned on" by Vonnegut in 1969, when I grabbed a copy of Cat's Cradle off the shelf behind my English teacher's desk (thanks, Ms. Nelson!)- her personal reading shelf and "borrowed" it for a week. I was blown away in the first instance to finally have found the source for the name of the Grateful Dead's publishing company, "Ice-Nine Music". Ice-nine being Vonnegut's "end of the world" invention/toy- or rather that of Dr. Felix Hoenneker, one of the prime characters of the novel. I had heard a lot about KV being a "science fiction" writer, but this turned out to be a very different type of science fiction! Minimalist, satirical & humoristic. I ended up using Vonnegut's technique (or rather my own variation on it), for a number of shorts I wrote between 14 and 17, none of which survive. However, much of the approach has stuck with me, and Cat's Cradle is I think still Vonnegut's best, next to Slaughterhouse Five.
This book is good not only for some of the insights (again, many do get repeated!) into the plots and ideas central to Vonnegut's ouerve, but just as straight story-boards of them as well. Some of those books I read so long ago I had forgotten the primary lines of their plots! So it ends up being more or less a book ABOUT all of Vonnegut's books, at least, those up until this publication, and it does so in a way such as to inflame new interest, on my part, in going back and checking out what I might have missed in books like Breakfast of Champions, Player Piano, etc.
all in all despite the repetitiousness in citing relevant passages this was a enjoyable way to spend a week or two, read mostly on short breaks before and after work.

I truly enjoyed this book, and the twists in plot and theme. I am looking forward to reading more from this author.

honestly didn't love this one even though its considered one of his most prolific works. basically about this fake religion on this fake island like idk ive read it twice and both times I was like middd