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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a short read that ultimately disappointed. After reading Fear and Loathing, I expected more from this work--even if it was Thompson's first novel.
Pretty decent. 3/5 feels like a slightly off rating though. But I've only got the five possible ratings to choose from. 3/5 feels more like calling a book average though. But 2/5 feels like calling a book shit. I think I'd say this is a 6/10. Which is literally equal to 3/5. I guess if I could 1-100 it I'd say this is a 66. 66%, two thirds of a masterpiece. Idk how I feel about that but I guess it makes sense. GR has it at 3.82/5 which is something like 75%. This is more of a 66% than a 75% imo. Nice book about violent drinking and squandering though.
No lack of drunken mischief here... The main character drinks at least a handle or two of rum a day. This is the perfect book to read on vacation.
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A book that wishes it had been written by Hemingway.
This turned out to be a shimmering, sweaty, drunken celebration of travel writing masquerading as fiction. Thompson paints a vivid yet dismal picture of the expat world of alcohol saturated vagrant journalism.
This turned out to be a shimmering, sweaty, drunken celebration of travel writing masquerading as fiction. Thompson paints a vivid yet dismal picture of the expat world of alcohol saturated vagrant journalism.
This is my second time reading this book and it just didn't do it for me, again. I think it might be good to use in a university course in selected passages to show the American attitude towards Puerto Rico during Operation Bootstrap, but as a book, it just isn't really worth struggling through. Perhaps it would have been better if they just left Paul Kemp in prison and saved us those painful thoughts.