On the Road

I listened to this book as I drove across the country from Chicago to Seattle--via Berkley CA. It was so perfect to be hearing Kerouac's words as I drove through many of the places he was describing. I pulled into Ely, Nevada on Highway 50 at the same time the narrator was talking about it. This is one of my all-time favorite books.

Found it depressing

..... Bello bello bello

Couldn't follow the plot.

fantastic

tried to read it anyway...just can't get into jack kerouac..

we are all on the road..

I wanted to read this book because it is an American classic, and I hadn't read anything from the Beat generation. I will certainly try other books by Kerouac to see if it is just this book or if it's his style altogether that doesn't agree with me. My main problem with this book is that I couldn't care less about the characters. Dean and Sal weren't heroic or interesting, and their trips...more

I wanted to read this book because it is an American classic, and I hadn't read anything from the Beat generation. I will certainly try other books by Kerouac to see if it is just this book or if it's his style altogether that doesn't agree with me. My main problem with this book is that I couldn't care less about the characters. Dean and Sal weren't heroic or interesting, and their trips seemed pointless to me. I don't think they spent enough time sober to actually get to know the people and their "souls" in the places they stopped. At the end, I was more annoyed than anything else, wanting to scream "just grow up!" :o)   hide

I think I'm now a little old for this stuff...