Black Coffee discussion

I am going to start reading this book here soon. Anyone wanna join in? I think it'll make a great book discussion.

Ooooh, I'd like to but I don't know if I have the time :(

:( No worries Anastasia it happens. Let me know if you get around to it though.

Let me know when you start Kisha. I might be able to join you.

I've started but I'll pause so you can catch up.

You are so kind. Let me find a copy. lol

Found it! I'm gonna get started on it this afternoon.

yay! Let me know when you get to about chapt 3. I'm gonna wanna see how you like it. I'm on part 1 chapt 4.

I just finished with Chapter 3. I don't think it's gonna take me long to finish this book at all. So far so good.

Had a busy weekend but I'm cracking my book open right now. This book was very controversial. Many said it was racist, and thy feminist society really was outraged. I can't wait to finish so that I can fully develop my own opinion.

I got it from the library and will try and crack it open this week.

Awesome!

Who's the author?

Ken Kesey

This is really good so far. I'm somewhere in the 5th chapter. I'm gonna have to go to the book store and buy a copy. I downloaded a pdf version on my work computer, but I've been so dang busy I can't read more than a few pages a day. LOL

Lol don't feel bad I'm on the same schedule with this book. I'm off work until Sunday so I'll be getting forget into it hopefully.

Whoa...no wonder this book was so controversial...I hope the author wasn't this sexist in real life...

I know. Makes you wonder

I cried real tears!!! I enjoyed this one.

I thought his was a good writer but I found his portrayal of women to be pretty offensive.

It was pretty harsh, but that was the way of the world back then.

I too found it a bit sexist but I try not to judge a writer or a character. I also try to separate character from writer. I'm amost finished and so far I'm liking it. I can say that I understand the controversy behind it all.

What did you all think about McMurphy? Many reviews praise him and considers him a hero, while others considers him a sociopathic criminal who rapes women and shouldn't be praised. What are your opinions? I'm still deciding lol.

kisha wrote: "I too found it a bit sexist but I try not to judge a writer or a character. I also try to separate character from writer. I'm amost finished and so far I'm liking it. I can say that I understand ..."

I'd say I'm more with the latter group but at the same time I felt really sorry for him when he got his lobotomy cuz it kinda felt like he lost, you know? It made me sad.

I think Kesey is a good writer because my mind went something like this while reading the book,
"That's sexist...Go McMurphy!...That's racist...I hope McMurphy succeeds!" If a writer can get me cheering for someone that stands antithetical to everything I believe in they are pretty good, lol.

Lol yesss! Exactly how I felt which is why I'm still deciding lol. A good author can make you love or least empathize with the bad guy.

I agree with you both!! I was cheering McMurphy on the entire which is why I was heartbroken at the end.


What do you think made him revert back to the old McMurphy? You remember after the talk with the life guard, he simmered down.

Lulu wrote: "I agree with you both!! I was cheering McMurphy on the entire which is why I was heartbroken at the end.


What do you think made him revert back to the old McMurphy? You remember after the talk w..."

I think at the time he wanted to get out. He thought that the asylum was a fixed thing. He could cause as much trouble as he wanted and still get out in a couple months. The lifeguard informed him this wasn't the case which made him reevaluate what he was doing.