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vaguelyredhead's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Alcohol
Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content
tobiassoar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
However, the majority of the time I was either bored or repulsed by the racist and paedophilic passing comments by the narrator.
I understand it’s a product of its time and should be treated as such, but it was truly a slog to get through at times.
Graphic: Ableism, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Classism
wanderingwonderbread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
timmytunter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Drug use, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Alcohol, and Colonisation
bonesfor5dollars's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Alcohol
Minor: Domestic abuse and Sexual content
nomatophobia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism
Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol
kai_okay's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Pedophilia
plnnn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.5
Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism
cyb's review against another edition
1.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Classism
hypocrisis's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
Selfish and self-destructive characters like Dean Moriarty can only be romanticised as 'angel(s) of terror' and prophets from the safe distance of a reader ...or a protagonist who's in a permanent state of intoxication.
I'm sure it was groundbreaking at the time, but the lifestyle described doesn't appeal to me, even though i do give into 'madness' at times and love 'kicks'. Maybe I'd get it if i had a real connection to american culture and jazz, or if i had a driver's license lol. Maybe I'm too stuck in my middle-class ways to see it, but i didn't get the point of all these roadtrips just to do the same thing with the same people all over again.
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual assault and Toxic friendship