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Review: On the Road (Duluoz Legend)

User Review  - James - Goodreads

Great descriptive writing. The characters are unlike any others you've ever read about and that is both good and bad. If you keep the time period this book is both about and was published in it provides the perspective you need to go from cover to cover. Read full review

Review: On the Road (Duluoz Legend)

User Review  - Kacey - Goodreads

This is yet another one of those classic books that I never had a chance to read, but was always curious about. I knew it to be a classic roadtrip novel but that was about it. Following Sal Paradise ... Read full review

Review: On the Road (Duluoz Legend)

User Review  - Casey Phillips - Goodreads

I felt like I was on speed most of the time. Jack Kerouac describes running thoughts and conversations of the characters creating manic episodes. I'm sure that when the book was originally published ... Read full review

Review: On the Road (Duluoz Legend)

User Review  - Bartley - Goodreads

now when i read this, i don't think 'wow! life! that's great!' i think 'wow... all those wives and babies and he puts them to the side to do just does as he pleases.' i feel old. Read full review

Review: On the Road (Duluoz Legend)

User Review  - Yvonne - Goodreads

Fascinating look into the fictionalized life and travels of Jack Kerouac and his friends. Known to most as the "Beat Generation," this is worth the read to banish the shallow, dilettante caricatures ... Read full review

Review: On the Road (Duluoz Legend)

User Review  - Kellie Pettye - Goodreads

Not as impressed from the constantly high reviews and recommendations from fellow book nerds...still a good read though; just not one of my top reads. Read full review

Review: On the Road (Duluoz Legend)

User Review  - Weathervane - Goodreads

Frankly, it's a wonder Dean Moriarity -- Neal Cassady in real life -- didn't die earlier than he did. He lived fast and got nowhere; though I suppose given that he inspired an entire movement and more ... Read full review

Review: On the Road (Duluoz Legend)

User Review  - Miguel Gonzalez - Goodreads

It's a bit of a run on sentence. And Kerouac's unwittingly ethnocentric perception of jazz as a primal artform borders on institutional racism. But it's also a classic road tale and a hero's journey. Read full review

Review: On the Road (Duluoz Legend)

User Review  - Chris - Goodreads

I was torn by this book. As a woman I dislike half of it. As a human I like the other half of it. Read full review

Review: On the Road (Duluoz Legend)

User Review  - Bryony - Goodreads

I'm gonna give "On the Road" 3 stars because, although I read it critically, ultimately I liked the novel... --what i liked-- 1. the youthful optimism and ceaseless energy of the narrator 2. some of ... Read full review


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