left_adjoint@bookwyrm.social reviewed Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Great but not good or maybe the other way around
3 stars
This is frequently how I feel about vonnegut: he has an incredibly unique voice and is amazing at crafting sentences that hit just right.
But I also don't get a lot out of it. Women are almost always non-characters and I find it distracting. I see the cleverness in the setups but feel bored waiting for the punchlines, like I caught the magician setting up for the trick when I wasn't supposed to.
I don't regret reading this book but I also can't really imagine revisiting it.
This is frequently how I feel about vonnegut: he has an incredibly unique voice and is amazing at crafting sentences that hit just right.
But I also don't get a lot out of it. Women are almost always non-characters and I find it distracting. I see the cleverness in the setups but feel bored waiting for the punchlines, like I caught the magician setting up for the trick when I wasn't supposed to.
I don't regret reading this book but I also can't really imagine revisiting it.