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jannyslibrary's review against another edition
3.0
Book of Sketches is an interesting read, you get a hodge podge of ideas and themes.
Poem style/poems, some read like a stream of consciousness and some are more polished.
Lots of beautiful scenes painted with words of slices of life in America 1950's. Levi's and sunsets.
Some bits feel like Jack was up late, couldn't sleep and had to get his philosophy on life of the day/ his notes to self/ how he should live out of his head.
I did learn that Kerouac is a French-Canadian, and he writes some sketches in a phonetic French that's really funny to read. I also got the impression that he was kind of lonely/lost and bit misogynistic/angry at the world.
Poem style/poems, some read like a stream of consciousness and some are more polished.
Lots of beautiful scenes painted with words of slices of life in America 1950's. Levi's and sunsets.
Some bits feel like Jack was up late, couldn't sleep and had to get his philosophy on life of the day/ his notes to self/ how he should live out of his head.
I did learn that Kerouac is a French-Canadian, and he writes some sketches in a phonetic French that's really funny to read. I also got the impression that he was kind of lonely/lost and bit misogynistic/angry at the world.
mugren's review against another edition
1.0
I really don't like this book. I believe the description is misleading. It's not beautiful or poetic. All it is are short pieces listing what is in front of him using plain words.
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