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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community May 16, 2004
Pros: brilliant novel on the human condition and mental illness
Cons: haven't found any yet
Summary: In 1962, an unknown writer named Ken Kesey released his first novel. It was called One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. He was a young upstart attempting to attain the status level of Beat legends such as Jack Kerouac. He ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 9, 2007
Pros: One of my favorite books.
Cons: None
Summary: I read this book as part of the Iconography course (the study of myths and icons) at the university of Waterloo, Ontario, 30 years ago. What I want to comment on was the professors analysis of the book in which he commented on the possibility that Kesey ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 8, 2006
Pros: Everything.
Cons: Nothing. Forseriously.
Summary: Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest might be the most perfect book ever written. While its universe is foreign and esoteric, first-person narrator Chief Bromden's (called "Chief" for his Native American, tenuous appearance) voluble and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 25, 2005
Pros: Everything
Cons: Zero, Zilch, None, Nada
Summary: I’ve spent my life being beaten over the head with a big sack of books – fiction books nonetheless. You see, bricks are not effective enough against me – they only create pain, but fail to bring the suffering that the books do. As I recover ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 2, 2003
Pros: Real-life experiences gives the reader the feel for sympathy for the patients.
Cons: A little outdated compared to the society today.
Summary: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a book written by Ken Kesey by the view of a native chief, by which he tries to show the recovery of the patients, including the chief, from the presence of McMurphy. Kesey writes about the life of people in a ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 28, 2003
Pros: A eye-opening comedic view at society's rejects held captive.
Cons: Drags slightly - possibly wieghed down by heavy, and at times boring, flashbacks.
Summary: After reading Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, I was left the battle out the pros and cons of how the system (or the 'combine' as main character Chief Bromden refers to it) works, referring to mentally ill patients. I found it hard to figure out ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 25, 2002
Pros: Quick read, interesting, humorous.
Cons: At times hard to follow.
Summary: Chief Bromden is a patient on a psychiatric ward who has been diagnosed with schizofrenia. Ever since he was a young boy, he has had the idea that he is deaf and dumb since people seem to treat him this way. Therefore, that is how he acts and because ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 12, 2002
Pros: Frustratingly funny group of guys in a "looney bin," struggling to survive.
Cons: Nurse Ratched has PPMS-permanent PMS.
Summary: For the best review of this book, check out the 29th_Candidate who outlines the plot and discusses the characters in great detail.
Kesey, in his 1962 novel, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" writes a cuckoo tale about a bunch of looneys who ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 2, 2002
Pros: Reveals the fatal hypocrisy of societies that sacrifice individuality to maintain a facade of order.
Cons: It's hard to appreciate the allegorical "Cuckoo's Nest," when you're one of it's lifetime inmates.
Summary: I. INTRODUCTION: --SCADDING MY CONSUMERLY-HELPFUL CUCKOO'S NEST
A. --OLD IRISH PROVERB: "It's A Mean Bird That Shits In Its Own (Societal) Nest:"
I decided to write my "landmark" (at least in terms of my ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 14, 2001
Pros: Writing style makes you feel that you are an inmate.
Cons: Not in this book.
Summary: This novel officially ends the 4-book reading that I had set forth to get my teeth into this summer. I must say, that it truly stands out from anything I had read before it, be it this summer or anytime for that matter. Ken Kesey weaves a tale that is ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 6, 2001
Pros: Enchanting story about the oppression of human desire
Cons: None (except not for children, due to sexual references and bad language)
Summary: I was inspired to read this book after watching the movie in school. As is most often the case, the book is better than the movie. You will love the development of the characters. You will want to find out what McMurphy does next. You will love to ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 24, 2001
Pros: Well-developed characters; exciting; interesting point-of-view
Cons: Pace a bit slow; difficult to get through some parts; a bit disturbing
Summary: Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is an unique look at the dynamics and politics of a mental hospital ward. It provides the reader with several fascinating characters, an interesting point-of-view and a dramatic and chilling ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 7, 2001
Pros: Social commentary full of action, vivid characters, and unforgettable scenes.
Cons: Some may see the swearing as excessive for younger readers (personally, I don't care).
Summary: Ken Kesey's modern classic was written in the 1960's to expose the poor living conditions of mental institutions (Kesey worked in one before writing this). Today, this Merry Prankster's LSD inspired protest is a standard in high schools across the ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 30, 2001
Pros: Very detailed, and it keeps your attention.
Cons: Not for beginner readers because of the complex storyline, sexual references and strong language.
Summary: That's what this book mainly talked about: the power of laughter. Laughing to keep yourself from going completely insane. I'll try not to give too much away, but I will say that this book was nothing like the movie. The detail was the closest thing to ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 19, 2000
Pros: Great Symbolism, well written, great character development
Cons: I won't give the ending away but I wish it had been happier.
Summary: Ken Kesey's book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, changed my life. All of my life up until I read this book, I had been the quiet one. If I were in a group of people, I would be the quiet one over in the corner. But after this book, I am the loud ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 13, 2000
Pros: The unforgettable characters and plot.
Cons: It's a hard book to get through and thoroughly understand.
Summary: WARNING: THIS EPINION CONTAINS SPOILERS.
"But it's the truth even if it didn't happen."
The closing words to chapter one of the brilliant novel by Ken Kesey. This one line gives us the clue that Chief Bromden is a paranoid ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 2, 2000
Pros: One of those books you have to pry yourself away from.
Cons: None.
Summary: One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey was written after Kesey spent a period of his life working in a Psychiatric Hospital in Oregon, which is exactly where most of the story takes place. The story was told from the perspective of Chief ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 19, 2000
Pros: An excellent book about not conforming to authority
Cons: Confusion between reality and imagination that sometimes becomes irritating, although the writing style goes along with the content and is overall good
Summary: Leave the restrictions of the machine behind and enter the world of Chief Broom, and his wild perceptions of his home, the insane asylum. What is real and what is not? Well, it doesn't even matter in this complex, dream-like novel that questions ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 15, 2000
Pros: Wonderful book..great message
Cons: bad language, not suitable for younger children, well, little kids can't read it anyway. Also, sexual references.
Summary: I saw the movie first about three times because I am a Jack Nicholson fan. It was a wonderful movie, then I stumbled upon this book in a used book shop. I bought it for 25 cents and found a dollar within the pages. From the start, I knew that it was a ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 31, 2000
Pros: Excellent story
Cons: none
Summary: Possibly one of the greatest authors that is still living is Ken Kesey. After reading the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest it is not hard to see why. This is a real page turner and the characters are not easy to forget. I won't give anything away ... read more
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ISBN13: 9780140283341. ISBN10: 014028334X. by Ken Kesey. Published by Penguin Group (USA) Inc.. Edition: 99
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ISBN13: 9780141181226. ISBN10: 0141181222. by Ken Kesey. Published by Penguin Group (USA) Inc.. Edition: 62
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ISBN13: 9780140236019. ISBN10: 0140236015. by Ken Kesey. Published by Penguin Group (USA) Inc.. Edition: (REV)96
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