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A review by annashiv
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
3.0
3.5 stars.
Just hard to get through for me, possibly because I 'read' it as an audiobook. The narrator was very good, especially with all the voices of each character. Really helped give them their true voice and helped me remember the characters. I'm just not much of an audiobook fan overall. I don't like listening as it's too easy for me to lose track and get distracted, especially with this book as any time i drifted in thought, when I'd return, I wouldn't be sure if someone was dreaming, having a psychosis, or portraying true events. That's kind of the point, but listening made it even harder and made it hard to care too much.
The story was interesting, but I'm still not sure what I think about it. I'm not sure who's side I'm on. I always took everything the narrator said with a grain of salt as he is clearly disturbed, at least for the first half or three quarters. I'm not so sure Nurse Ratchett is the villain he sees her as, but at the same time, I don't think she did a good job as a nurse by suppressing them as she clearly did, delusional psycho lenses or no.
Overall, I'd recommend it. Especially to high school aged kids. It just feels like the kind of thing you'd read for a literature class. Its writing, even the subjects it was writing of, reminded me of Cather in the Rye and The Great Gatsby and just somehow felt classic. Definitely not for everyone, but I'm glad I tried it. Perhaps if I read it again, I'll stick to reading (rather than audio).
Just hard to get through for me, possibly because I 'read' it as an audiobook. The narrator was very good, especially with all the voices of each character. Really helped give them their true voice and helped me remember the characters. I'm just not much of an audiobook fan overall. I don't like listening as it's too easy for me to lose track and get distracted, especially with this book as any time i drifted in thought, when I'd return, I wouldn't be sure if someone was dreaming, having a psychosis, or portraying true events. That's kind of the point, but listening made it even harder and made it hard to care too much.
The story was interesting, but I'm still not sure what I think about it. I'm not sure who's side I'm on. I always took everything the narrator said with a grain of salt as he is clearly disturbed, at least for the first half or three quarters. I'm not so sure Nurse Ratchett is the villain he sees her as, but at the same time, I don't think she did a good job as a nurse by suppressing them as she clearly did, delusional psycho lenses or no.
Overall, I'd recommend it. Especially to high school aged kids. It just feels like the kind of thing you'd read for a literature class. Its writing, even the subjects it was writing of, reminded me of Cather in the Rye and The Great Gatsby and just somehow felt classic. Definitely not for everyone, but I'm glad I tried it. Perhaps if I read it again, I'll stick to reading (rather than audio).