One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
Literary Fiction
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
—· 311 p· 1962
20th Century ClassicLiterary CanonMajor Film Adaptationdarkphilosophicalhauntingreflectivetense
Overview
About
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a novel written by Ken Kesey. Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the narrative serves as a study of institutional processes and the human mind; including a critique of psychiatry, and a tribute to individualistic principles
Pages
311
Viking Press
Linguistic complexity
3/5
Moderate
Thematic complexity
5/5
Profound
Rating
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Reader feel
Psychological Intensity10
Institutional Critique10
Emotional depth9
Narration9
Prose8
Pacing8
Worldbuilding7
Plot twists6
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