Book Reviews

While reading One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest the reader finds themselves emerged into a world filled with the most creative kind of fear and lunacy. The lives of all the patients living in the insane asylum seemed nothing more than a routine that never ceased to stop. The ring leader being the fearful miss Rratchet treated to the patients as if they were robots dulling out mind numbing drugs whenever she saw fit. Luckily for the patients a newcomer made an entrance, this man was questionably not insane and was in no way shape or form a robot. A beautiful revolution has started and the patients and readers need to enjoy the ride. This heart fully hilarious books reminds us that we need to see ourselves as unique and beautiful and to not let our quirks conform at any cost. “[H]e knew you can’t really be strong until you can see a funny side to things” (p. 227).

Naked is a witty autobiography written by David Sadaris. He recalls the strange events of his child hood OCD or how his mother would make fun of him with his teacher all the way up to when he hitch hiked across the country with the idea that he could become a tortured scholar. Each chapter begining with a new delema or random story and ending in a philosopy of his life, in a round about way. He sees life for what it is. no more or no less. He claims 'If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.' Is just another example on how he doesn't glorify what he is, or how he is treated. By the end of the book you'll see his life is changed and yours will be too.