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A review by asphaltjunkie
Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac
3.0
I really wanted to like this more than I did. Generally speaking, I like Kerouac a lot. And generally speaking, I like things without a happy ending. But I struggled to get into this.
It's not that it's bad, really. It's just not really very good. He's just drunk a lot and kind of a dick and more or less executing Johannes' plan (Kierkegaard's 'Diary of a Seducer') only without the plan. It's just a tragically clumsy seduction and affair, brash, jealous and ultimately unfulfilling.
It's not that it's bad, really. It's just not really very good. He's just drunk a lot and kind of a dick and more or less executing Johannes' plan (Kierkegaard's 'Diary of a Seducer') only without the plan. It's just a tragically clumsy seduction and affair, brash, jealous and ultimately unfulfilling.