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On the Road by Jack Kerouac

17 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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wanderingwonderbread's review against another edition

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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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madzzzzzx's review against another edition

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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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kai_okay's review against another edition

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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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hypocrisis's review against another edition

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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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jessieherdman's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.25

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carrotdreaming's review against another edition

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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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touchingartt's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark 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

2.25

As much as this is a classic, it was actually really hard to read it and there are a few reasons for that:
1) All characters, especially Dean, do not seem like genuinely good people. (cheating, racism, r*pe, and at some point even pe*ophi*ia)
2) Plot is basically non-existent
3) You need to have extremely good knowledge about America in the 1940s and 1950s to understand how some things might have worked or are possible; the same goes for knowledge on certain American cities where they travel a few times (i.e. Denver, San Francisco, New York...), so you can understand which parts of those cities were poor, industrial, fancy, etc.
4) Writing was lazy at some point, so it seems like you can never finish reading one page even tho it says basically nothing

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noahaimelire's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

The book is divided into five parts. I'd recommend reading the first part and finishing there. I found Part 1 interesting, entertaining, and thought-provoking. It explored themes such as adventure, growing up (a little), and the American Dream, as well as just defined a great perspective on the American identity and exposed you to a lot of the country you may not be familiar with. Parts 2-4 almost feel like the same story over and over again. Some of the main characters are honestly annoying. And while I respect their story holistically, it can be frustrating to get through. There were also MANY, MANY characters, and they all sort of blend together to the point where honestly I didnt make much sense of who the narrator was actually referring to by the end of the book. It really is an interesting book and I would certainly reccomend the first part. Continue reading on at your own peril.

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e_jc's review against another edition

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adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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