Book Review: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Paluka · #1 01-01-2006, 02:00 AM

I just finished this tonight. Quite an amazing book, it made me realize how many of the books I read are by storytellers rather than writers. Ken Kesey is a [censored] writer. Even if you have seen the movie, I think this book is a must-read.

thing85 · #2 01-01-2006, 02:21 AM

I'll second that. It's been so many years since I read it, but it's a pretty good one.

*TT* · #3 01-01-2006, 02:25 AM

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ilya · #4 01-01-2006, 02:58 AM

I agree, it's a great book.

Sorta off topic but do you like Raymond Chandler? I would recommend him if good storytelling & good writing are both important to you.

KaneKungFu123 · #5 01-01-2006, 03:11 AM

Raymond Chandler sucks so bad. Cant believe you just mentioned him with Kesey.

KaneKungFu123 · #6 01-01-2006, 03:12 AM

anthony burgress. go read him.

Hoya · #7 01-01-2006, 03:14 AM

Have you read Enderby? I love those stories, as well as The Wanting Seed and Clockwork Orange.

I also just read Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy - perhaps the best book I have ever read.

ilya · #8 01-01-2006, 03:15 AM

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Raymond Chandler sucks so bad. Cant believe you just mentioned him with Kesey.

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I never said he was as good a writer as Kesey. I'm not a huge Chandler fan actually but I'd rather read him than, oh I dunno...Burgess.

ilya · #9 01-01-2006, 03:19 AM

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I also just read Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy - perhaps the best book I have ever read.

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I enjoyed that book when I read it but in retrospect it was kinda preposterous. How many portentious & symbolically charged landscape descriptions does a medium-length novel really need.

Blarg · #10 01-01-2006, 04:37 AM

Did you read Catch-22 yet?