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4.37k reviews for:
On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Kerouac Jack (2002-12-31) Paperback
Jack Kerouac
3.28 AVERAGE
4.37k reviews for:
On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Kerouac Jack (2002-12-31) Paperback
Jack Kerouac
3.28 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Do you like reading about selfish, manic people? Do you like incredibly racist depictions of pretty much any minority known to man? Do you like American psycho level of detail scenes about visiting a jazz club? Then this book is for you! 300-odd pages of naive, selfish men hightailing it back and forth across the us on the backs of the women and friends they con and abuse. I see the appeal of this book, it has become a glittering simulacrum of the American west and does a fantastic job, at least in the beginning, of fulfilling this fantasy. However, it quickly delves into racist depictions and mindsets, and women are treated as nothing more as prostitutes or shackles. Overall, not worth a read and definitely not worth being called a classic
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book was actually painful to get through,, 😠it was so incredibly boring and nothing of substance happened the entire book other than maybe one or two impactful scenes. The characters were absolutely insufferable, all the women might as well have been bags of flour with their lack of character/malleability, everyone was so pretentious, stupid, self centered, and ignorant that it was frustrating having to listen to their backwards way of thinking. All of the female characters in the book were so absolutely in love with Dean or Sal that it never mattered that they cheated on them, beat them, or abandoned them, the ladies just forgave them anyway because the men are so awesome and cool!! 🤮
I can see why this book might've had the impact it had when it came out, but it definitely aged poorly. There are other books that do what On the Road is trying to do much much better without all the pedophilic and racist comments. I saw a Truman Capote quote that said "Jack Kerouac doesn't write, he just types," which is the truest thing that dude's ever said. Anyway I wouldn't read this crap, it was horrendous
I can see why this book might've had the impact it had when it came out, but it definitely aged poorly. There are other books that do what On the Road is trying to do much much better without all the pedophilic and racist comments. I saw a Truman Capote quote that said "Jack Kerouac doesn't write, he just types," which is the truest thing that dude's ever said. Anyway I wouldn't read this crap, it was horrendous
adventurous
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
So in college my friends and I went to a house party where the man who owned the home was wearing a long, thick fur coat, and had a Diamond-encrusted jaguar statue in his kitchen. A party-goer looked like they stepped out of the 70s, others were more modern, others were more grunge and people were doing cocaine in the bathroom. I was there for like four hours and it only felt like 10 minutes.
That was how it felt to read On The Road.
Literally drugs and a dream.
That was how it felt to read On The Road.
Literally drugs and a dream.
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
inspiring
medium-paced