One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey with Tom Parker

300 pages first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
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Tyrannical Nurse Ratched rules her ward in an Oregon State mental hospital with a strict and unbending routine, unopposed by her patients, who remain cowed by mind-numbing medication and the threat of electric shock therapy. But her regime is disr...

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Community Reviews

4.01
based on 49,301 reviews

Moods

dark: 78%

emotional: 53%

sad: 52%

reflective: 41%

challenging: 38%

tense: 36%

funny: 35%

hopeful: 12%

adventurous: 10%

inspiring: 9%

mysterious: 5%

informative: 4%

lighthearted: 2%


Pace

9% of readers chose fast
60% of readers chose medium
29% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

4% of readers chose Plot
26% of readers chose A mix
68% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

74% of readers chose Yes
18% of readers chose Complicated
6% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

43% of readers chose Yes
40% of readers chose Complicated
16% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

63% of readers chose Yes
19% of readers chose Complicated
15% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

78% of readers chose Yes
15% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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