Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

CATS CRADLE by Kurt Vonnegut

13 reviews

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

mirandyli's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

1.5

Weird and antiquatedly racist. Not sure what the point of this book was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Racism, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

missmarguerita's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Rape, Torture, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and Classism

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

I'm going to think about this one for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism

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

hskalla's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

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

mxhcat's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Colonisation

Minor: Animal death and Cancer

jordan_noel's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Cat’s Cradle is a dive into the modern madness of humanity and its inability to remain in a peaceful state. There are contrasts between morals and science that prompt the question of why goodness is important when our nature leads us to destroy ourselves anyway. A demolished, war-driven world seems inevitable with these characters motivated almost solely by their individual interests. The main religion of a hopeless people is openly founded on lies, and yet it is the only religion that these people so devoutly serve. There are no comforts and there are no explanations. It is only chaos.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent

Minor: Gore, Racism, Grief, Alcohol, and Colonisation

katrinarose's review against another edition

dark funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

I feel cheated that I never read this in school. This book is so perfectly suited to an in depth analysis - dissecting of word choice, symbolism, metaphor, and a discussion of the themes surrounding science, religion, and humanity. I feel like I missed a lot of what Vonnegut was trying to convey just doing a quick independent read. I think if I read this in school with the opportunity for that kind of group analysis, this could’ve been 5 stars, but without that, just rating for my enjoyment I give it 3. The absurd and meandering plot left me feeling confused and detached but it was quick and funny read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, and Death of parent