Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas : A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

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Summary: Wild, astute, articulate and stunning in detail.
Review: Hunter S. Thompson is a master of detail without being garrulous. This book, especially, is loaded with twisted humor and incredible phrases that will continue to make you smile months after reading it.

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Summary: Great book on the waste of the 60's and 70's
Review: Hunter S. Thompson delivers a knock out blow with Fear and Loathing. He details each and every illegal drug possible used in the "great" 60's and 70's. With Dr. Raoul Duke behind the wheel and his attorney, Dr. Gonzo pouring beer on his bare chest for the purpose of tanning, one can't go wrong when reading this book. WAIT!!! WE CAN'T STOP HERE, THIS IS BAT COUNTRY!!!!

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Summary: Wish there was a sequel
Review: This book has everything I look for in a book. Honesty, nonfiction and journalism wrapped into one. I started with the feeling it wouldn't be "my kind of book" and four hours later I'd read it cover to cover and wished desperately for more. Why? Compelling honesty to be sure, but for the most part, extreme and skewed humor. If you have ever taken an illegal drug, Read This Book and remember why you stopped taking illegal drugs. If you have never, then read it to find out why people stop and why they took them...as if you could ever understand.

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Summary: Boring, sometimes funny, confusing, good pictures.
Review: This book was quite hard to read and didn't have a "smooth flow". Although sometimes funny, this is one of those rare times when I rate the movie BETTER than the book.... funnier. I still encourage everyone to at least try it, however. E-mail me anytime.

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Summary: infernal literature
Review: Hunter S. Thompson has quite a unique style of writing. My initial reaction to the book was positive, but after I let it settle in my mind for a while, I was a bit depressed. It's disgusting how depraved the activities described in this book are. Overall, I would say that it is a well written book, but not very uplifting.

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Summary: Most entertaining book you will ever read
Review: Most people will say this book has no plot, but it is a peice of journalism, and not a novel. It is a great peice of writing on the confused time of the early seventies by a man who lived it to the fullest. The book is the most hilarious thing I have ever read, and also a good look at a lost time in american history. Should be required reading for every american.

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Summary: A twisted and disturbing look into the mind of HST.
Review: This was a hard to find gem, something that I know I will read again. While reading this book I found myself on a kind of "contact high", along for the ride. The flow of this book is like one of the many acid trips contained with in. You get the feeling of an ant being sucked down in a draining sink of three day old dish water. But at the same time you're fascinated by the shocking life style of these two men. It's Cheech and Chong with out the obvious stereo types and a hard dose of reality.

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Summary: BAD CRAZINESS IN BAT COUNTRY
Review: I read this book after I saw the movie, and was surprised that much of the movie was done exactly like the book. One of the obvious advantages to reading the book is that you can understand what Thompson was thinking more. Fear and Loathing is a twisted journey that makes you want to laugh out loud and, sometimes, slap the characters upside the head. Although I've never used drugs, I still found this book fascinating. The only downside was that after I finished reading it, I started talking like Dr. Thompson for a little while.

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Summary: Gonzo Defined
Review: How often, while reading Hunter, have you said "I wish I'd said that"?...his sight is without filter, he relates his vision without excuse, pity, or respect for the status quo...such as it was under Herr Nixxon the Sarin-Breathing Ogre...Fear and Loathing is a very important work, one that should have been read and heeded by more, sooner...I highly recommend Songs Of The Doomed, Generation of Swine, and The Curse of Lono...run, don't walk, this man is trying to tell us something...

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Summary: A drugged up adventure.
Review: The first 1/3 of the book was unusual and helped set the tone of what I was reading. The second 1/3 of the book was awesome as I am now experiencing the warped adventures with the characters. By the final 1/3 of the book I was burned out and did'nt even read the last 30 pages. The book is just like a powerful drug expereince. At first what's happening, then the full buzz, then the burnout. Not the best, but a worthwhile read if your in the mood.