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Sulla strada

Jack Kerouac

3.28 AVERAGE

adventurous hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I don’t understand why this is so famous, except for as a means to understand more about the Beat Generation. It was terrible. Just terrible. Just him rambling about his road trips- no development, no plot, no meaning. Just rambling and on and on! And from such a boring, entitled perspective! The way he talks about women and minorities makes me want to go back in time and punch him in the face. This was somehow both boring and rage inducing.
adventurous challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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charlm's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 24%

This book dragged so much and I honestly haven’t found a single person who read it and enjoyed it
adventurous reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

it’s the story of frantic, creative young men exploring America when it was still wild and untamed, which is to say that they reduce all others- women, people of color, gay people, etc- to their most interesting and most superficial elements. Otherwise, a cool read. Makes one want to road trip.
adventurous funny inspiring reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I enjoyed this much more this time around. It’s just downright fun. There is so much energy, it really is a great palette cleanser. Part 3 is genuinely fantastic, and the rest of it is mostly just kicks.
adventurous funny relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes