read "Cat's Cradle"

finished reading it a couple days after i posted the entry about wanting to finish it. i really like vonnegut’s style.

i have about 70 pages left in the book.
i really like it so far.
i think i’m going to make read more kurt vonnegut a “to-do”.

I love Kurt Vonnegut’s style; it’s so different from everything else that I read. And I’d just gotten through creating a religion, so Bokonon’s trials and tribulations spoke to me. =D

After I read Slaughterhouse-Five, this was the next step. At the same time, this was one of the most funny, depressing, and truthful books I have ever read. I think it’s going to stick with me for a long time.

This was the first novel I’d read in quite some time; in fact, I couldn’t even say what the last novel I read was. I picked it off the top of a stack this morning when I left for work.

It’s no surprise the book is seemingly timeless (it was first published in 1963), given that it deals with the stupidity of mankind. It was fairly effortless to read – a hallmark of good writing, I suppose – and I found myself thinking “good point” on a few occasions. I’m not quite sure if I’m supposed to feel depressed after reading it. For the most part, it was quite bleak, but I can’t say I feel any worse than I did beforehand.

I wouldn’t recommend you rush out and buy it, but I’d recommend picking it up if you happen upon it in a book sale or whatever.