I have held off on a number of movies so I can read the book first, and not out of some puritanical belief in the superiority of the book. Okay, not JUST because of a belief in the superiority in the book. Reading asks more of its audience than movies do, a story comes alive in the minds of readers....
This was definitely a very complicated and heavy read. From the complexities of morality of the mental patient care to exploitation of one's authority/power, this book strolled right past all my expectations even though I have seen the movie before reading it. The movie, I realize now--although is n...
I read about 60% of the book then somehow mislaid it to bring my reading to a screeching halt. This can in no way cast aspirations on my tidiness you understand, it just fell into one of my many piles of books and awaited re-discovery (I maintain that this could happen to anyone). It took me awhile ...
Nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.What do you do with this book? You're tempted to call it a young adult book, just because it's a bit obvious for a grown-up. With the asylum metaphor, and the Combine, and just...
A very enthralling book! I enjoyed the memorable characters, especially McMurphy.I like how the book is narrated by Chief Bromden; he definitely shed a lot of light on the ways of the mental ward's staff. It was interesting to witness the power struggle between Nurse Ratched and McMurphy and shocki...
A brilliantly funny and scathing critique of behaviorism, Cuckoo is filled with memorable characters that remind me of the personalities I met in Catch 22, which I also enjoyed wholeheartedly. Kesey and Heller are both able to turn nightmarish scenarios into palaces of absurdity that enable you to d...
Maybe I’ll be coherent once I stop crying. I’ll give it my best shot anyway.I had a love-dislike relationship with this book (as there was no point I in any way hated it), and I was pretty wary of it going in. I read this in my English class, and before we started, we got this full disclaimer about ...
It took me much too long to read this book. I had trouble getting into it at first. Chief Bromden, the deaf-mute narrator, was hard to follow. His rants about the fog and the machine were abstract streams of consciousness that I felt were overboard. Honestly, I found Bromden unbelievable. Now, ...
I read this for school in my final year, and it was simply fantastic. It beats the movie hands down, is filled with page after page of brilliant quotes...This book is a must read for anyone who enjoys actual literature.
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