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willardk 's review for:
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
The way I feel about this book is similar to the way I feel about This Side of Paradise: I didn't really know how to feel about On the Road right after I finished it, but after mulling it over for a good ten minutes or so, I suddenly liked it. Can you really like a book if it takes you a moment to realize it? I think so. This book isn't as gripping as the latest mystery--since basically nothing is happening in On the Road--but it's good. I never thought this book would be an "easy read." I expected challenges, in other words, boring parts where I started to fall asleep. But there were other parts that were so cleverly crafted that I couldn't just disregard them when rating On the Road. These parts ended up balancing out the not-so-exciting parts. Plus, I realize now, it took a while to get into the rhythm of the whole book. But once I felt it, I could read a bunch of pages and not realize how much I had actually read. It swept me up, like how Dean sweeps up Sal and drags him across the country several times. I love that feeling, and therefore, I know for sure that I love this book.