One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Book Review)

I chose this book because I had seen the movie. I didn’t really remember much about the movie, but I do remember that the movie was pretty good so I assumed that the book would be good also.
This book is about a man named McMurphy who is pleads insanity to escape from going to jail. The story is told through the viewpoint of another patient in the hospital named Chief Bromden. Everyone thinks the Chief Bromden is deaf so nobody cares what they are saying when he is around. The book progresses with McMurphy figuring out that the head Nurse has all of the patients terrorized, and she treats them like children. McMurphy decides to try and give these men their courage back by acting out against the nurse and showing them that she is not as powerful as she appears. He continues this behavior until he finds out that the big nurse decides when he is able to leave the asylum. He is then faced with a difficult decision. Should he keep on terrorizing the nurse because he has given the other patients hope and now they depend on him, or should he be selfish and obey the nurse because she could in theory keep him in there forever?
I liked this book a lot. The diction was simple and easy to read. The events between McMurphy and the head nurse made the book very fun to read. However, I didn’t like when the author told flashbacks about the narrator. These parts of the book were very dry and boring to read. With the exceptions of these parts the book was great. The ending has a twist that makes it awesome. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants an easy read and enjoys fiction.