Literature Circles Book Review

The book I’m reading is One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kassey. The story is about the inside society of a mental asylum and a man named McMurphy that comes to wreak havoc as a new patient.  At first, the book wasn’t that enticing to me. I was just moving along with what happened not really caring the people and not enjoying much of the book. The start is really dry, confusing and boring and it took a while to get involved in the story. However, now that I’m involved in the plot and things have progressed I have enjoyed the book. The characters may just seem crazy because they are in a mental asylum but there is a lot more depth than I initially thought. I feel a lot more for what happens to the people although not much because my opinion of the characters as good hearted citizens is low.  But, the author wrote the characters well enough for me to slowly develop an opinion but have surprises along the way. I do get shocked when an unexpected event happens and I truly have a hard time predicting any actions of any characters. That alone has made me enjoy the book much more because I like the suspense of what could happen but then I’m completely thrown off guard and I have to read more. If someone asked me if they should read the boo,k a part of me would want to say no because of how long it takes to really get engaged in the book. But a part of me would also want to say yes because after the book becomes in depth and more than just cooks in an asylum it’s a worthwhile read.

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