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by musicc , Oct 10 '07
Pros: Great writing, quite funny, excellent illustrations Cons: Too short
I have been trying to expand my reading tastes beyond Stephen King and had heard good things from this book. I know some of my friends liked the movie and after reading the back plot outline I knew this was going to be great. It was a great novel for its ...
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by lizf - Top 1000, Jan 06 '01
Pros: Funny, Funny, Funny Cons: Indulgence in drugs may offend some
Each of these things play a role in the wild-ride of book that is Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson. There aren’t many books that can make me laugh out loud. But this one did. In fact, there were times when I was laughing so hard...
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by fuche_bu - Top 500, Dec 29 '00
Pros: Breathtaking voyage into madness, great writing Cons: keep away from youngsters
I still remember, all these years later, the sheer thrill of reading "Fear and Loathing" for the first time. I was a sophomore in high school. This was the era when I was discovering Nietzsche, Rimbaud, the Beats, the Grateful Dead and a...
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by Daniel_Rf , Jul 02 '01
Pros: Loathing Cons: Fear
There are many ways to look at Hunter S Thompson’s most famous book, ”Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas”. You could see it as a documentation of the bitter post 60’s wake up call, the transformation of the most beautiful dream mankind ever had into a...
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by Andrew_Hicks - Top 500, Aug 15 '00
Pros: Savage writing, wicked humor Cons: Definitely not for everyone
I have a close friend who wishes to God he were Hunter S. Thompson. For him, there would be no more ideal existence than to spend your employer’s money on a kit bag of hard drugs, trash hotel rooms, travel the country and interact with the citizenry...
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by HeywoodJablomi , Oct 16 '00
Pros: WILD, DRUG-DRENCHED JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF AMERICA. Cons: I'M ACTUALLY WRITING ABOUT 'SCREWJACK'. HEH-HEH.
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A couple of years back I found out that my favorite writer, (well, LIVING writer anyway--c'mon-Melville,...
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by c-knapp , Jan 08 '00
Pros: Brilliant writing, laughter Cons: Very graphic language and pictures
Speechless, that is a word rarely used to describe me, but that is how this book left me. I wasn't appalled by the blatant abuse of drugs by Thompson and his faithful sidekick attorney, nor was I appalled by the impossible situations the pair got...
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by Eskimo_X , Aug 12 '00
Pros: Reads Well, Honest Cons: No cons.
After watching the movie and loving, then finding out that it was based on a book, I knew I had to read it.
It is a book about a documented drug orgy through the city of Las Vegas in 1971. Originally the author under a fake name and his soman...
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by wrand , Aug 01 '00
Pros: Very Easy To Read, Wonderful Imagery Cons: A Little Over The Top For Some People
This book is clearly twisted and sick. It is an expose on a drug-riddled reporter's view of that wonderfully Americana creation of Las Vegas. As Thompson travels under the pseudonym of Raoul Duke with his Samoan lawyer we get a great view of Las Vegas...
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by snek_one , Jun 20 '00
Pros: crazy, humorous, crazy, fast paced, crazy, drugs, crazy, bold, crazy Cons: Somebody stole my book!!!!!
I can hardly imagine that the two main characters, Dr. Gonzo and his autorney actually did that many drugs! Anybody who would do drugs in such an extreme amount WOULD do things that crazy! Who ever thought of driving on acid and checking into a hotel?!?!...
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by galadari0110 , Jul 21 '01
Pros: Short. Fast. To the point. Twisted truth is scary. Cons: Maybe TOO short.
The book starts out like a rush frenzy just as if a person is shooting up. You're taken into a world that can never be described in words. Hunter S. Thompson weaves a classic of his time, where drugs, booze and sex are everyday norms. With the the first...
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by sinisterkl , Sep 14 '00
Pros: great fun, a creative sense of humour Cons: I couldn't find much I didn't like about it
Out of all the drug adventure books I have written, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is one of the trippiest stories I have read. When I read Trainspotting, I didn't get the same feeling for the characters as I did in this book. The characters in this book...
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by hawkeye2010 , Apr 12 '00
Pros: A journey into the human experience...real life, twisted beyond recognition Cons: Madness...absolute madness.
In Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter Thompson describes an insane time spent searching for "the American Dream". What he finds is a place so corrupt, and so much the antithesis of the 60s that the only way to properly experience it...
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by hunter50 , Dec 07 '00
Pros: Great laugher and fun times Cons: nothing
Well to start off this is probably the most known work of our fine author. But I must also say right off that this book is a complete fluke! Not that I do not love it but Thompson is a political writer (most of the time).So it goes without saying that...
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by destipele , Dec 24 '00
Pros: all Cons: none
The movie and Johnny Depp were good. The book was better. I went on a trip this summer and I got to see some of the places in Las Vegas and the California desert that Hunter S. Thompson wrote about, and I was so excited. The people who embarked on the...
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