This story is sad and filled with lessons to learn , but at times it can be a scream. Of course (considering where the story take place in a so called "mental home") there are so many different personalitys to look forward to reading.

Some of the events that take place can be frightening to an extent , and other times I found myself smiling as I read. the way the author describes EVERYTHING is just remarkable and i really enjoyed it. From the setting to the charactors to the escapes to the evil nurses to the theme tl even the friendships and shocking discoveries McMurphay makes you get a satisfying well written story.

The end wasn't a let down either. It was almost flawless but really sad.

I recommend this book to anyone because it's for anyone 14- and up

I recently read "One Flew Over THe Cuckoos Nest" by Ken Kesey. "One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest" is one of the best books i have ever read. The book is about life inside a phsyciatric hosptal which in this case isn't very nice. The narrator is chief a Native American who is supposedly dumb and deff. The chief is considered a "lifer" meanin the hospital has considered him un helpable. He will have to stay at the hospital for the rest of his life which is unfair. The nurse in charge is Nurse Ratchett who no one dares to challenge. She is an extremely mean person who has no care for the patients and treats them horribly. Everyday they live the same daily routine which they don't like. This doesn't matter though because no one challenges Nurse Ratchett. The turning point of the story is when a new patient is admitted, Mcormick who faked insanity to get out of prison. Mcormick gets much more then he bargained for. The author does a great job of deeply describing the characters leaving nothing out. Reading "One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest" i felt like i was there. Mcormick is the best character in the book and one of the best in any book i have ever read. He has a very unique personality which at times is hard to figure out, which makes him very interesting. This book takes you deep into the mind of Chief and the other characters. The best thing about the book is that one minute it's funny and the next it's sad. It's very weird one minute you're cracking up the next your feeling bad for the hardships the patients endure. The patients go through severe mental and physicall abuse. Chief goes through mental abuse especially as no one knows he's not illiterate and def. I would recommend this book to just about anyone it's one of my favorites.

did you see the movie?no?well ok then ill tell you.this is the book that made ken kesey[hippie extrordinairre] famous and funded his acid tests.anyhow,the movie follows the book quite well which is good.its all about this guy who fakes insanity in order to be released from a work farm and put into the funny farm.only its not so funny there and he decides to rebel.it will take you through a range of emotions from hysteria to balling your eyes out.its a great book everbody should read.