Big Sur by Jack Kerouac

Big Sur

Jack Kerouac with Aram Saroyan (Contributor)

247 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction memoir challenging reflective sad slow-paced
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"Each book by Jack Kerouac is unique, a telepathic diamond. With prose set in the middle of his mind, he reveals consciousness itself in all its syntactic elaboration, detailing the luminous emptiness of his own paranoiac confusion. Such rich natu...

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Community Reviews Summary of 1,551 reviews

Moods

reflective 75%
dark 54%
emotional 52%
sad 52%
adventurous 32%
challenging 25%
tense 17%
funny 13%
inspiring 12%
hopeful 5%
lighthearted 5%
mysterious 5%
relaxing 4%
informative 1%

Pace

medium 41%
slow 40%
fast 17%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 90% | A mix: 6% | N/A: 3%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 50% | No: 23% | Yes: 20% | N/A: 5%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 38% | No: 37% | Yes: 22% | N/A: 1%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 55% | Yes: 26% | It's complicated: 14% | N/A: 3%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 92% | It's complicated: 5% | No: 1%

Average rating

3.71

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