The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

The Dharma Bums

Jack Kerouac

244 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

fiction classics travel reflective slow-paced
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One of the best and most popular of Kerouac's autobiographical novels, The Dharma Bums is based on experiences the writer had during the mid-1950s while living in California, after he'd become interested in Buddhism's spiritual mode of understandi...

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Community Reviews

3.74
based on 5,963 reviews

Moods

reflective: 83%

adventurous: 76%

inspiring: 48%

hopeful: 25%

lighthearted: 21%

funny: 20%

relaxing: 20%

emotional: 17%

challenging: 13%

informative: 5%

sad: 5%

mysterious: 4%

dark: 1%

Pace

14% of readers chose fast
43% of readers chose medium
41% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

1% of readers chose Plot
16% of readers chose A mix
80% of readers chose Character
1% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

44% of readers chose Yes
30% of readers chose Complicated
23% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

50% of readers chose Yes
28% of readers chose Complicated
19% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

17% of readers chose Yes
10% of readers chose Complicated
69% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

40% of readers chose Yes
27% of readers chose Complicated
30% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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