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
+1 on the unbearable lightness of the being. Adding Never Let Me Go to the list.