My Thoughts on Fear and Loathing

After reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, I felt like I had been on a nonstop ride through 1970's drug culture. The book began with Thompson taking drugs, and ended with more drugs. When I first started the book, it took awhile to get used to they Thompson's writing, trying to differentiate between what is real and what is a drug induced hallucination. However, as I read further into the book, I began to get a feel for Thompson, and I began to understand him and really started to enjoy the book. One of my favorite parts from the book was the scene with the attorney in the bathtub, tripping on acid, and begging Thompson to throw the tape recorder into the tub so he could get "higher", i.e. dead. However, Thompson wasn't about to kill him, so instead he threw a grapefruit into the tub to trick his attorney, who thought he was getting shocked and began thrashing around in the tub. This scene was hilarious to me, and it was one of the best parts of the book in my opinion. While overall I enjoyed reading the book, I did begin to doubt Thompson's motives towards the end. In the beginning, he seemed pretty harmless, just going around Vegas living the dream with unlimited credit and all the drugs he could want. However, at the end, he changes and becomes darker, especially when he talks to the attorney about pimping Lucy. While I believe this could be attributed to Thompson's extreme intake of drugs and lack of sleep, this is one of the few complaints I have about the book, which was an enjoyable read for me.