Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

35 reviews

bacob's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• 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

2.75

Very ‘of its time’ in regards to the language used to describe race and with its male characters attraction to quite young girls… if you can bare that in mind the prose is at times fantastic but I don’t think I fully understand the story/meaning/characters. Maybe one that will be more significant in reflection or maybe just weird?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Infidelity, Racial slurs, and Toxic friendship

vaguelyredhead'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

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• 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

There are moments of brilliance where I truly understand how novel this book was in its time. 

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. 

And if he loved Dean so much, they should have just kissed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Classism

wanderingwonderbread's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

timmytunter's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Drug use, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Alcohol, and Colonisation

madzzzzzx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

• 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

i picked this up as it’s renowned as a text that inspired american media which i can understand. this book romanticises lifestyle on the road but has these awful characters to intentionally create irony in the romanticising these bad habits. i also enjoyed the homoerotic nature and friendship between sal and dean. 
this book does not age well. 

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous dark inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Pedophilia

hypocrisis's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

couldn't get past the racism, pedophilia and misogyny (unfortunately?). 
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.

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous reflective sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

antares's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

90% of this book is Dean having a manic episode and dragging Sal along with him

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, and Pedophilia

Minor: Car accident