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All the King's Men

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I found this book way too long and drawn out. Jack Burden, the narrator spent way too much time describing things. I never did get caught up in the book. I only finished it for a class. If you start reading this book and do not like the narration style, put it down. Jack Burden narrates the same way the whole time through. Not liking politics also makes it very hard to find the good things people say there are in this book.

I can not recommend this book more highly. I originally picked up this book to fill a hole in my "literary knowledge" and did not expect to love it so much. It is clear that RPW is a poet - every word, every sentence is a masterpiece. In fact, I read a good portion of this book out loud in order to get the full effect. While it does take a while to get accustomed to Jack Burden's style of narration, it is worth the effort. I will keep this book by my bed to read again and again.

All the King's Men is a very thick book. I've been looking at for about a week now, but haven't had the motivation to conquer it. I'm in a bit of a pickle too, being that our Southern Literature exam is tommorow. I did read the Invisible Man by another fine Southern writer, and boy was that a good book. Well for what it's worth I'd like to say that I'm sorry for not reading the book.

Please note: "Aweful" is spelled "awful." 0 for 2 on that one. "And it made me want to through myself into a brick wall." "Through" is a preposition -- and sometimes an adverb -- not a verb. "Obviously the teachers want us to be stressed out since they force us to read this book." If one's education were composed entirely of studying things which one already enjoyed, then one would end up being a fairly ignorant person. Have a nice life.

Excuse me, reader from St. Louis, but i find it very rude of you to adress my best friend, tina, as being stupid. WOW so she hates the book! SO WHAT! she is only trying to save humanity. I hate this book also, so go ahead and write about how I'm stupid. I dont care! Anyway, this book is aweful and it made me want to through myself into a brick wall.. I had to read it for school, and obviously the teachers want us to be stressed out since they force us to read this book. It is so choppy and stupid.. who cares about the GREAT SLEEP and THE WEB OF LIFE or the GREAT TWITCH??? I CERTAINLY DON'T! THOSE THINGS ARE NEVER GOING TO HELP ME GET THROUGH LIFE, AND HAVING THE "SECRET KNOWLEDGE" WILL ABSOLUTELY HELP IN NO WAY WHAT-SO-EVER ALSO! SO IF YOU DONT TAKE MY ADVICE AND STAY CLEARR FROM THIS BOOK, DONT SAY I DIDNT WARN YOU!

this was the worst example of american literature ever published. warren feels the need to describe such trivial objects as doorknobs, the color of the street, or smell of the rain. is this really needed? this book could have easily been condensed into one half its size. the author's continuing mention of "The Great Twitch" has no impact on the average person's life. this book is a waste of your time, don't read it!