This is a really cool book to read. It has such a style, a voice that is unique and true. It cuts the bullshit and shines through as a quality piece of literature in the vein of "On the Road." Maybe it'll never win the Pulitzer or National Book Award. Maybe it'll be championed by mild drug addicts and hipsters. But it doesn't make it bad.More so, Thompson's character is so silly and lovable. For one, he is quick to make a series of poor decisions, but he's just as quick to not necessarily weigh the circumstances and potential repercussions and possibly, you know, rethink his decisions, but he'll dream up what he'll say to the cops when he's pulled over or accosted. This is what goes through a blatant criminal's mind.
Secondly, I think it's Page 191 when Thompson's character finally comes to the stark realization that the decision -- some harebrained scheme -- he's about to make might not be the wisest. So self aware and, yet, oblivious.
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