Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson Reviews

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a drug fuelled road trip about a journalist who gets side-tracked from his assignment partly due to, among other things, the contents of his suitcase which includes"...two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and a whole ...  Read the complete review

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the semi-autobiographical account of one Dr. Hunter S Thompson, a name synonymous with drugs, drink and reckless excess. Written by Thompson at the beginning of the seventies, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas recalls Hunters' attempts to find the ever elusive American dream. Alongside him is his attorney, 'The ...  Read the complete review

Like probably thousands of other people, this was the book that introduced me to the work of "Dr. Gonzo" himself, Hunter S. Thompson. I was given this to read by a mate when I was a student, and from the first page I was hooked! I must have read the whole thing from cover to cover in an afternoon! Thompson's writing style ...  Read the complete review

Basically a buddy movie with a twist!! Hunter S (Depp), a writer/journalist & his lawer take a drug fuelled trip to vegas! The main purpose of the trip is for Hunter to write a story on some sort of motorbike race in the desserts outside vegas.... ...this is a great film, the acting is superb, the commentry is amazing, ...  Read the complete review

After reading the book 'fear and loathing in las vegas', by Hunter S Thompson, - a pure masterpiece in itself, i thought id have a look at the film, which i heard heard was also excellent. I was surprised to enjoy the film more than the book. Starring Jonny Depp, as the main character, the journalist, and Benicio deltoro, as his ...  Read the complete review

This book really made me stop and wonder. It was the first time I realised that reckless, nihilist rebellion could be carried out, glorified and even justified by intelligent people completely at odds with their society. "We were in the desert at the edge of Barstow when the drugs began to take hold." So more or less, ...  Read the complete review

After watching snippets of the film whilst wandering through the movie channels on bleary Saturday nights,I succumbed to my purism and read the book instead.I feel film adaptations can never really recreate the personalisation and insight that an author can give. Besides,the parts of the film that I can remember make a heapload more sense now I ...  Read the complete review

Preferably about three times before you even attempt to see the film. The book was recommended to me by a friend a couple of years back. After reading it the first time I thought it was great, but essentially had no idea what was really going on. A couple of reads later I heard that Gilliam had done the film so headed down to the ...  Read the complete review

Gonzo journalism began as a derogetary term, meaning simpletons journalism, and was first regarded as going against everything that journalism stood for, and of all the Gonzo journalists, it is fair to suggest that Hunter S Thomson is the most famous, at first rejected by academics and critics, his work is now considered to be of the upmost ...  Read the complete review

The number of druggies in their late teens who describe their various experiences as 'just like Fear and Loathing' is enough to put you off reading the book. What these saps neglect to mention about the book however is that it's pretty much a bad trip from beginning to end, with Duke playing straight man to his Samoan attorney's ...  Read the complete review