A review by pam_d
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

2.0

What was right with this book? The imagery was superb, the characters were real and keep you engrossed in the story. So why didn't I like it?...while I don't doubt there were/are real problems with the mental health system, the author is trying to show that society is just a machine with humans as the cogs in the wheel. In other words, we are all patients in the mental ward. His way of illustrating this is juvenile and painful to read. Our hero is McMurphy who takes the anti-hero to new depths as a serial rapist but is raised up by the men in the ward as an inspiration. The book contains racism and is very anti-women. Masculinity is celebrated as plenty of sex and booze. Definitely will not read it again.