911 reviews for:

Naked Lunch

William S. Burroughs

3.16 AVERAGE

keatonmerrell's review against another edition

5.0

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Naked Lunch is as powerful, memorable, and creative as any other book I’ve read. Amongst the grotesque and offensive moments are nuggets of prophetic wisdom. Besides being a defining novel of the beat generation it is the closest and most cohesive look at addiction I’ve ever come across. The prose is wonderful, and similar to the films of David Lynch or David Cronenberg, amongst the madness and the horror is pure genius.

The sober writings that are found in the appendix of the novel strengthen it and are a highlight. Rarely is an addict able to come back and write so clearly about their experiences, and what it means and feels like to be an addict. Wouldn’t you?

burnside_brian's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark tense

Loveable characters: No

ksiekemskkdjdk's review against another edition

2.75

challenging funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

freaksofnurture's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jfgottlieb's review against another edition

3.25

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interesting and innovating writing but a bit too abstract for me. While i enjoyed the more straightforward “Junky” overall I was able to appreciate the abstract writing and vignettes found here. A pretty fast paced read with some supporting text after the novel. 

rachel_tb's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark medium-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

atomowl's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense 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: Complicated

poppy_krump's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jmcook's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious slow-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: N/A

lethean's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes