Zelanator reviewed Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Peter Fish (Barron's book notes)
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5 stars
Damn.
121 pages
English language
Published Sept. 27, 1984 by Barron's.
4 stars
(106 reviews)
A guide to reading "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" with a critical and appreciative mind. Includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list.
pithypants reviewed Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Peter Fish (Barron's book notes)
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2 stars
Read this as part of the book club I joined in Richmond and probably would've otherwise not sought it out. It's definitely a product of its time, and while Kesey seems to be making some important statements about mental institutions and being controlled within society, it's all served up with a side of misogyny and racism that is a bit jarring. If you've watched the movie with Jack Nicholson, the most striking difference is that the book is told from the perspective of a different character.
GenericHero reviewed Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Peter Fish (Barron's book notes)
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5 stars
Everything was excellent about this book. A story about coming back to life after years of thing you are dead. A bittersweet ending that you won't soon forget.
Allen reviewed Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Peter Fish (Barron's book notes)
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4 stars
This was a fun and quick read. I never saw the movie, so I was pretty surprised by the ending. Yikes!
Sean Gursky reviewed Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Peter Fish (Barron's book notes)
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3 stars
Because he knows you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy.
Nearly five years after putting this on my To Read shelf I finally get around to it. I won't analyze the story or look for deeper meaning. This is a genre defining classic, it was a break from what I usually read and I liked it.
Never before did I realize that mental illness could have the aspect of power
fluxmind reviewed Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Peter Fish (Barron's book notes)
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5 stars
I saw the movie a LONG time ago and finally got around to reading the book. All I can say is wow. The book was excellent. Highly recommended.
Subjects
- Kesey, Ken.
- Kesey, Ken.
- Psychiatric hospital patients in literature.
- Mentally ill in literature.
- American literature -- History and criticism.