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Astrid Lim
Surprise, surprise. I quite like this book :) I expected the worst I guess, reading the negative reviews and all. People said it's pretentious, overrated, etc etc. But I enjoyed it immensely. I don't know about beat generation or political contents or anything - since I didn't read this in high school haha. But the travel experience itself- it's amazing. The needs to keep on going and moving. The quest to find IT. What is IT anyway? Did Sal and Dean really find IT in the end? Or is IT only there ...more
Maria
Sep 22, 2007 marked it as to-read
Shelves: own, joe-recommends
My oldest son read this book and loved it. I hope to read it soon so I can discuss it with him.
Bill Doughty
Aug 02, 2007 rated it liked it
Shelves: classics
Clementine Ford
Aug 05, 2007 rated it liked it
David Abrams
Aug 26, 2007 marked it as to-read
Deanna M
Sep 09, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Tawni
Dec 19, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Julia
Feb 21, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: travel, beat
Mari
Feb 28, 2008 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Meg
Jun 10, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: lit, 1999, owned
Laura Watkins
Aug 21, 2008 rated it liked it
Terri
Nov 11, 2008 rated it liked it
Casie
Jan 28, 2009 rated it liked it
Christian
Mar 14, 2009 rated it liked it
Jess
Apr 30, 2009 rated it it was ok
Camille
May 15, 2009 marked it as to-read
Carly Thompson
Mar 31, 2011 rated it liked it
Megan Stembridge
Apr 29, 2011 marked it as to-read
Jessica
Jun 06, 2012 rated it it was ok
Laura
Jun 26, 2012 rated it did not like it
Annie
Jul 12, 2013 rated it liked it
CoCo
Sep 06, 2013 rated it liked it
s_evan
Jul 12, 2014 rated it liked it
Claire Jefferies
Aug 18, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelves: challenge
Cari
Jul 05, 2016 marked it as did-not-finish
Lia
Oct 14, 2016 marked it as unread-secondhand-books