Reviews

在路上 by Jack Kerouac

pizzahutbookit's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

samcuttle's review against another edition

2.0

sometimes … a man hurts every woman who enters his life bc his true soulmate is a man :/

baxtersegers's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

thegreekmoon's review against another edition

4.0

for real, this was a JOURNEY

chez_abaa's review against another edition

1.0

Wrong book to start this year. I abandoned it as I never force myself to finish a book that I do not enjoy.
I don’t know whether the hype about “On the Road” is overrated or simply I do not understand at all the lifestyle represented in it.
Boring, messy and (to me) nonsense.

beachybookstack's review against another edition

3.0

I've been told that Kerouac sat down on a typewriter and wrote this whole book on an endless roll of paper, and I could feel it as I read. At no point does he pause, it's constant movement and happenings. Though I have yet to finish the entire book, it is interesting. Unfortunately it is being made into a feature-length film relatively soon and that will probably not live up to the book....

oxnard_montalvo's review against another edition

I was three pages from the end when I left it on the train... after owning it for nearly a decade, it remains unread. Tragic.

vampiresreadtoo's review against another edition

Dnf at 50%
I really thought I would enjoy this book but reading it just felt like a chore I didn't see the point and after 5 months of looking at it I decided to just give up and never think about it again <33
Honestly I couldn't really say what I disliked about, other than the dreadful format without chapters or even paragraphs (authors pls don't do that. like not ever??)

emeraldgarnet's review against another edition

3.0

Stream of consciousness can sound off putting but in this case it did not bother me.

Kerouac captured the feel of the time and made me feel like I was there with the characters.

mothersudoku's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated