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3.16 AVERAGE
3.16 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
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
If you're looking for a cohesive story that resolves to a clear conclusion, this is not the book for you. I can see how it was subversive for its time but I found little that I could relate to. I've known plenty of addicts and they did not act like the people in Naked Lunch, thank goodness.
Too much unpleasant content, what’s the point?
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Absolutely grotesque and horrible story BUT I get the point.
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
bought this five billion years ago to impress a toxic friend who i later stopped talking to. i'll allow this fact and my rating to speak in lieu of a review
challenging
dark
funny
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Naked Lunch is definitely a novel where its reputation surpasses the actual content. There is no one to relate to, which is the point, I get it, but that means the horrifying scenes quickly loose their impact. A book with virtually no plot and no characters needs genuis writing. Is it there? Well, I wouldn't say so, but it does have a certain quality to it. Although the real page turners in this edition are the additions wherein Burroughs talks about his own addiction and his stance on drugs and their cure.
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“La Palabra está dividida en unidades que juntas formarán una pieza y así deben ser tomadas, pero las piezas pueden ser consideradas en cualquier orden ya que están unidas en sentidos contrarios, dentro y fuera, arriba y abajo, como en una combinación amorosa interesante. Este libro expulsa las páginas en todas direcciones, caleidoscopio de panoramas, popurrí de melodías y ruidos callejeros, pedos y protestas y las cortinas metálicas del comercio que se bajan, aullidos de dolor y angustia y aullidos de simple lamentación, gatos copulando y rechinantes berridos de la cabeza de toro cortada, murmullos de brujo en trance de nuez moscada, cuellos rotos y mandrágoras que aúllan, sollozos del orgasmo, heroína silenciosa como el amanecer en células sedientas.”
No le pienso dar las 5 estrellas hasta que lo lea en inglés. Pero lo he amado.
No le pienso dar las 5 estrellas hasta que lo lea en inglés. Pero lo he amado.