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Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

Start date: August 22, 2015

Finish date: August 28, 2015

Discussion: . Week 35: Childhood Book

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. Week 35: Childhood Book

* Week 35: Progress Post
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* Week 35: Introduction
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Jul 07, 2019 Jesse rated it really liked it

Super interesting and honestly pretty heart-wrenching story about what it might be like if we discovered a way to surgically "correct" a low IQ or mental handicaps. Part cautionary tale, part Benjamin-Button-esque story, Flowers for Algernon has deservedly been assigned reading for many years now. It definitely makes you think about the way you treat others. ...more

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Mar 24, 2017 Lisa rated it it was amazing

I read this in school and absolutely loved it; cried my eyes out. But revisiting it as an adult was such a good idea. Yes, it's still a very sad book, but it is brilliantly written, and so layered. Understanding it from the perspective of an adult is even richer. ...more

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Aug 09, 2008 Kathi rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2015-book-challenge

Week 35 of the 2015 Reading Challenge - A Book from your Childhood. It could be a book you loved that inspired you to read or one you never read.

I chose this one as I had never read it, although I was familiar with the plot. Reading through other reviews, I am apparently the only person ever to not absolutely love this book. I enjoyed the beginning and the end was sad but there was a whole bunch of crap in the middle. I found his descriptions about his studies and experiments and how smart he wa ...more

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