Flowers for Algernon: Student Edition

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Fantastic

This review is from: Flowers for Algernon (Trade Paperback)

2 years ago

One of the best books I have ever read. I was really quite surprised when I started reading the book for an English assignment. Keyes brings the reader on an intelligent quotient roller coaster filled with emotions and the problems associated with a rapid IQ change. Even from the change in the grammatical level of the writing as his IQ modifies is well done. The book is very personal and you come to associate with the book with a heartfelt sadness for Charlie.

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Love it

2 years ago

"Flowers for Algernon" is an all-time classic that I love. Charlie, a mentally disabled man, was given a chance to have his intelligence experimentally enhanced as Algernon, a lab mouse which had gone through the same procedure. The super-IQ Charlie experienced major changes in the way he lives his life. All went reasonably well until Algernon started to deteriorate unexpectedly. Charlie knew then that the same thing would happen to him and invest all his energy in the quest to preserve his… + read more

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Loved it

3 years ago

This book was extremely enticing--surprisingly so, especially because of the unusual premise. It's amazing the way Charlie picked up the spelling and grammar after only one progress report in his journal, and you felt as if you were there, amazed by his sudden recovery. He seemed like the kind of person that you would want to meet, who, though lacking the usual knowledge and experience, was a genuinely nice person. I can't imagine doing the things to him that the men at the bakery did; I… + read more

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A must-have for any reader.

3 years ago

This book was extremely enticing--surprisingly so, especially because of the unusual premise. It's amazing the way Charlie picked up the spelling and grammar after only one progress report in his journal, and you felt as if you were there, amazed by his sudden recovery. He seemed like the kind of person that you would want to meet, who, though lacking the usual knowledge and experience, was a genuinely nice person. I can't imagine doing the things to him that the men at the bakery did; I… + read more

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No wonder it won the hugo

3 years ago

I wasn't expecting the story to be from Charlie (the handicapped man)'s point of view. It made the story much more poignant and heart-wrenching. You feel sorry for Charlie as he slowly learns, as he becomes more intelligent, that the world is not the nice place he always believed it was.

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