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butterfli 's review for:
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
Loveable characters:
No
Do you like reading about selfish, manic people? Do you like incredibly racist depictions of pretty much any minority known to man? Do you like American psycho level of detail scenes about visiting a jazz club? Then this book is for you! 300-odd pages of naive, selfish men hightailing it back and forth across the us on the backs of the women and friends they con and abuse. I see the appeal of this book, it has become a glittering simulacrum of the American west and does a fantastic job, at least in the beginning, of fulfilling this fantasy. However, it quickly delves into racist depictions and mindsets, and women are treated as nothing more as prostitutes or shackles. Overall, not worth a read and definitely not worth being called a classic