Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

CATS CRADLE by Kurt Vonnegut

17 reviews

samspur's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Wow, I’m surprised how similar this is to Slaughter House Five. Kurt does a great job of pulling you in with absurd situations and then wrapping it all nicely with a bow. So many quotable lines.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Suicide

ericispublius's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Ableism, Racial slurs, and Colonisation

skimkaye's review

dark funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Racial slurs

Minor: Death, Slavery, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War

thesvnthsense's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism

___'s review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Man, my first Vonnegut book and I'm pretty disappointed. Quite boring. I didn't care for any of the characters. I didn't even realize what I thought was a minor subplot was actually the main plot. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Racial slurs

technicolorxsn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

This book is the lightest of Vonnegut's novels that I've read so far honestly. I found it's engagement with faith very fascinating and somewhat adjacent to my own spirituality. I thought the concept of ice-nine was really cool and the exploration of its mechanics fascinating, even if it wasn't the core of the story.
(it's been a while since I've read it)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual content

abmochapman's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

this was mid, nihilism is overrated, and i think i do deadpan comedy better than vonnegut. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, and Colonisation

wemilyebb's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Racial slurs, and Racism

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark funny reflective

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Genocide, Slavery, Excrement, and Grief

Also includes technically legal but nonetheless predatory age gaps.

emoryscott's review against another edition

adventurous challenging lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I enjoyed this read. Several times, I found myself laughing aloud. I don’t think I fully understood the broader picture that Vonnegut was trying to paint with this story, but here and there I was able to notice the deeper meaning. Vonnegut is a tricky author to read, but he can be very reflective. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism