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Book Review of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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This book is not for those with faint hearts. I guess I'm one of those. I read this book years and years ago but had forgotten until I began to read it again and it all came rolling back. Also saw the movie and while I do not view myself as that sensitive I found this read just as disturbing as I did at that time. The movie was also disturbing but the mentally ill and those others wanted to lock away for whatever reason were treated in this manner. Some lost not only their minds while others lost their lives. It's sad that we once treated the mentally ill so.