One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | 
pickThe beginning of this novel had me wondering if I was going to want to finish it, but glad I kept on because I did find it worthwhile after all. 4⭐️
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pickThe beginning of this novel had me wondering if I was going to want to finish it, but glad I kept on because I did find it worthwhile after all. 4⭐️
I‘m gonna try this series out :) #InpsiredBooks
I've read “Forest“ in August and it was so good!
I'm not sure how or why “Out of this World“ escaped multiple purges. This may be a book I try the first few pages and make a decision whether to read or toss.
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest“ is something I've tried to read before to no success. I've seen the movie-and loved it-so this maybe something I enjoy if I put my brain to it.
@PuddleJumper
so-soA devastating look at life under the tyranny of the head nurse at the mental ward. Packed with racism and misogyny.
pickThis was on a list of books to read before you die, and I got it for $2 at a cute used bookstore! I have to admit, I checked sparknotes as I read this to make sure I understood everything, as the narrator is a man in an asylum. I liked the plot and the rivalries, but I didn‘t like how this book painted strong women in a negative light - as castrators. I still think it‘s worth reading though, and can see why it‘s read in some high schools.
so-soEver since I saw the movie, I wanted to read the book. Now I'd say that this is one of the rare cases where the movie is better than the original. The book lacks speed, and even though it has some interesting scenes, I felt like getting nowhere. But it's still an important book, that helped to show how some of the weakest were (and still are) treated in our society.
pick🎧 TW - published in 1962 so you‘ll find it offensive.
Chief is “deaf” & tells the story of an insane asylum basically run by Nurse Ratched until McMurphy walks in! McMurphy was never painted as the good guy.
This is a war of wills taking place in an institutional setting.
This was written a lifetime ago. The world has changed.
I laughed. I cried. The ending was inevitable but sad nonetheless. A good classic audiobook/movie
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
Prompt: Quills
I read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in high school. Years ago but still an excellent, thoughtful novel today.
panI must confess this book was assigned reading in uni and I didn't read it. I just finished it and I ust say I disliked it. Not even for the racism and misogyny. It was written in 63 and I expect those to be there. But it was just overall not remotely the best commentary I've heard on mental health institutions and them vs us/person vs system.
At this point I feel like I'm working through classics so I can say exactly WHY I hate them.
After 6 years of daily use, my coffee mug chipped. As a creature of habit, I ordered a new one. It‘s slightly different and thinner. It‘ll take me a few days to get used to the “new” feel. I know many of you can relate. ☕️📚
#BookCoverChallenge
Day 267.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.
pickMy April #bookspin. A very good book, much to think about. I will watch the film this weekend. Looking forward to it.
TBR since September 9th. 2009; 255 pages.
@TheAromaofBooks
bailedUgh, I should have read a more detailed summary before picking up this book. McMurphy is a statutory rapist and brags about his crime, and I have no sympathy for such a character.
Seven books with numbers in the titles
📖📗📑📘📕📔📖
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Two Can Keep a Secret
Three Men in a Boat
Four Past Midnight
The Five
Now We Are Six
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
#bookworm #kenkesey #oneflewoverthecuckoosnest #karenmmcmanus #twocankeepasecret #jeromekjerome #threemeninaboat #stephenking #fourpastmidnight #hallierubenhold #thefive #aamilne #nowwearesix #stuartturton #thesevendeathsofevelynhardcastle
pickThis has been a very productive reading weekend for me. Who knows, I might just get that cover-all after all. I'm certainly going to try. Cleared out another classic.
#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks #WeekendReading @Andrew65
One way to move some classics up your TBR list? Write them out on playing cards and have your family randomly pick. Excited about this year‘s choices!
Last year, Roots was one of the cards pulled and it ended up one of my favorites...really hoping for a repeat!
pickI had been reading this for ages and for some reason couldn‘t get into it. My son kept saying to watch the film and I finally did. Well I just can‘t stop thinking about it, I laughed, I cried and I‘m still questioning things. This one definitely makes you think as there‘s so many issues involved. This is one of the only occasions when I found the film better than the book
4 ⭐️
My last vacation day was spend in the sun at sea, and I finally started this book ☀️ First chapter is promising, think this will be an interesting read.
#CurrentlyReading
#1001Books
#Reading1001
*Pic from Drøbak, Norway.
pickIt‘s a classic! I can‘t believe I waited this long to read the book.
pickBeen wanting to read the book for years, here's me now finished and I loved it!
I was very surprised that the whole book was written in the Point of View of the character Chief Bromden.
Anyway, it gave more background information on the characters, loads more dialogue and it's only slightly different from the movie.
It's one of those books you could debate about for hours, highly recommend it.
I'm late jumping on the #JackNicholson train, but since my two favorites of his movies were based on novels, I wanted to shout them out. I had a pretty intense relationship with Cuckoo's Nest as a teen; I'd have said it was in my Top 5 favorite books at one point. Now I roll my eyes at the misogyny (Harding's line about being victims of a matriarchy, *snort*!), but the larger themes of conformity and control appealed to me. #MoviesInMay
@Klou
Nurse Ratched reading patient files to all the other patients in the institution 😳
"They don't bother not talking out loud about their hate secrets when I'm nearby because they think I'm deaf and dumb. Everyody thinks so. I'm cagey enough to fool them that much."
Reading #oneflewoverthecuckoosnest right now by #KenKesey and its going great!
#goodreads
pickNurse Ratched is the leader of the asylum until the arrival of McMurpny, who really has no place being committed in this institution as he only has about six months left to serve and is just trying to get out of doing work.
Told from the perspective of Chief, a fellow patient, who is pretending to be deaf but can secretly hear it all, we are able to follow the rise and falls of both Ratched and McMurphy.
Fantastic read overall!
I love this so much. If you go to the link and then click on the composites link in the article, you can see even more sketches.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/73316/police-sketches-5-literary-characters-...
Finished soup is “One Flew Over the Couscous Nest Middle Eastern Minestrone with Chickpeas & Israeli Couscous. I developed it using the One Flew Over the Couscous Nest Couscous Seasoning from @BookClubCookbook ‘s punny Book Blends (they also have Song Blends & TV Blends) for #BlendsBash2020 blogging event. I‘ll confess I selected this spice blend by its flavors rather than the book which is good but not a favorite. Link to recipe & book blends⬇️
I‘m tagging along w/ @Branwen & listing 1 book a day this wk to commemorate #bannedbooksweek using the ALA as my guide.
In 1974, 5 ppl in OH sued to remove it b/c it "glorifies criminal activity, has a tendency to corrupt juveniles and contains descriptions of bestiality, bizarre violence, and torture, dismemberment, death, and human elimination."
I read it in college, but had known the above as a teen, I would have read it sooner probably! ?
Eating lunch with McMurphy, Nurse Ratched, and the gang today 😜
Just finished the tagged book, which was my last book for #booked2020 summer! I cut it kinda close! 😂
1. Red, white, or blue type 2. Eccentric MC 3. YA novel by a POC 4. Wine or whine 5. Banned book 6. Armchair travel
pickThis is a good look at the way psychiatric hospitals were run back in the day (and I really hope that has changed) but also it makes you think about what is considered mentally fit and what isn‘t. I have not seen the movie (though I hear it‘s very different from the book) and could not wait to see who won the “battle,” Ratched or McMurphy. The ending was superb!
#bookspinbingo
Also, this is my final book for summer #booked2020! #bannedbook
Two of my favourites, on the topic of #BannedBooksWeek 👻 With the Netflix show Ratched now arriving; I'll give that some time before getting to following the show, and can bet afterwards, I'd go for re-reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
So I haven't read the mentioned book since 10th grade but I just saw a preview for Ratched on Netflix and I gotta say it looks good... Might watch it as.part of my #Scarathon #TeamSlaughter
A lovely way to spend an autumn afternoon! My next book in my mission to read the classics is One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest. So far I'm enjoying it somewhere in between my enjoyment of To Kill a Mockingbird and Flowers for Algernon.
pickQOTD- Favorite book about mental health?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a tour-de-force. Focused on the story about a sane man being sentence to an asylum, Cuckoo's Nest it's about what we consider 'healthy' in an ultimately insane world. It also asks us to consider what it means to be free, how we treat ourselves as individuals, and most importantly, how it important it is to fight against the system, whichever it may be
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Escaping from the sorrow of yesterday‘s sad news with Ratched on Netflix. I need to reread this one again soon. I just started episode 5 and I love it so far.
