I just finished reading this book and imo it was my favorite work of his, surpassing Slaughterhouse-5 and his other more well known books, why isn’t this one discussed with the greats? I thought the book was devilishly hilarious and an excellent satire, balancing the tone in a way I’ve never seen handled. If you haven’t read it, give it a try, it crams so much content in a fairly short book. Definitely instantly became one of my favorites of all time.
I hated it because I found it extremely racist. The caricature that are the San Lorenzo natives makes me mad: unintelligent primitive people that need to be saved, ugh. For a good articulation of how his depiction of the natives is very problematic, read this essay analyzing cats cradle here: http://amst.fullerton.edu/Final AP 2017-2018.pdf#page=39