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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
madzzzzzx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
this book does not age well.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, and Cultural appropriation
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
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
carrotdreaming'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
3.5
Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
antares'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
3.5
Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, and Pedophilia
Minor: Car accident
sophiajkessler's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail