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3.27 AVERAGE
3.27 AVERAGE
Hmm idk… men are pretty funny the way they think they’re so unique and special. Too many young girls being romanticized (even for the time period! It felt weird)
But now I will go on a my big lesbian road trip and out do this book and be so much more if a grifter and cool girl.
But now I will go on a my big lesbian road trip and out do this book and be so much more if a grifter and cool girl.
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
I really enjoyed the writing style, it's aptly compared to jazz. I like the road trip aspect, the vignettes across America, the various people they encounter and how they're largely all portrayed in a good light. I didn't love how despite all this exposure to others the author remains largely dumb about the experiences and desires of anyone but himself.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
adventurous
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read it once in high school and then when we read it for book club I just couldn't finish it again. I don't get the appeal.
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism
Moderate: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Alcohol
Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexual content
I just finished On The Road about an hour ago. I read it for the course I'm taking online about the American Novel, post war. I don’t know how I feel about it. I started to get really bored toward the end. There’s just so much of “we went there and met these people and then we went another place and met those people”. Sometimes it felt like a big travel log. Then I watched Amy Hungerford’s lecture on the second half of the book and, weirdly, she was also sort of skeptical about it. She didn’t portray it as great. So why did she have us read it for this class?
She observed some really interesting things about the book. It’s about immediate language that imitates life and jazz. There is supposed to be no barrier between the words on the page and the lived experience. Ok. That’s interesting. And there’s a weird erotic connection between Sal and Dean. And apparently God Is Pooh Bear. I don’t know what that means. I mean I guess Pooh Bear lives in the moment, and that’s sort of what On The Road is all about: Living now and experiencing now, right now. I’m not sure if that’s what that line means and, worse, I don’t know if I care. The book felt so much like something that was spit at me as opposed to having been crafted for me. Most books feel carefully crafted. This book seemed to be vomited.
I don’t know. It was sort of good, I guess. Like I got a cool hippy vibe from it and I can see why it was so inspiring to Dylan and other hippies. But in the end it just didn’t feel all that insightful or meaningful.
She observed some really interesting things about the book. It’s about immediate language that imitates life and jazz. There is supposed to be no barrier between the words on the page and the lived experience. Ok. That’s interesting. And there’s a weird erotic connection between Sal and Dean. And apparently God Is Pooh Bear. I don’t know what that means. I mean I guess Pooh Bear lives in the moment, and that’s sort of what On The Road is all about: Living now and experiencing now, right now. I’m not sure if that’s what that line means and, worse, I don’t know if I care. The book felt so much like something that was spit at me as opposed to having been crafted for me. Most books feel carefully crafted. This book seemed to be vomited.
I don’t know. It was sort of good, I guess. Like I got a cool hippy vibe from it and I can see why it was so inspiring to Dylan and other hippies. But in the end it just didn’t feel all that insightful or meaningful.
Nice prose by the author , failed to relate with characters or the story.