A review by _sal_
On the Road by Jack Kerouac

adventurous emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

On the Road revived that sense in me to want to take a road trip up to San Francisco again. The last time I went with my partner I gained a heightened view in live. Many of the places mentioned including locally were mentioned in the book like Indio famous at the time of writing because of it being the mid point between LA and Yuma. 

I think that the one the overarching themes of the book is that of finding your road in life. Finding yourself through the road which can be a metaphor for life itself. There are many troubles figures in the book that i can relate to not in all but in some ways nonetheless. Maybe I tried harder to find myself in the book seeing that I share the same name with the protagonist.

Although Jack Kerouac would later reject his influence in the counterculture of the 60s one could still see why such a book could be instrumental.