Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

36 reviews

alexander_'s review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault

jemappellecat's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Racial slurs

punkrockingnerd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Honestly, if you want a book exploring the wild energy of youthful drifting, you're better off with dark academia and Dead Poets Society. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Racial slurs

rebeckareads's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

• Rated 2.71 using the CAWPILE rating system

For the first 75 pages, I thought I had finally found a classic I might like... but the ramblings, lack of plot and slurs got old real quick.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Racial slurs

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Car accident

arnevdsande's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

The fact that Kerouac took years editing this novel (and most of the edits were omissions), is quite unbelievable: how did so much still make it into the finished version? Overall quite boring, the characters are a pain and the women have zero agency, let alone importance.
But I guess that was kind of the point.
Wish I could see why this is seen as canon in the American road narrative... If you decide to read this, I recommend watching Thelma & Louise afterwards to see what could have been.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexism

Minor: Homophobia and Racial slurs

wretchedtheo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Excrement

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma