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The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton

Start date: July 1, 2022

Finish date: July 31, 2022

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Feb 22, 2017 Matthew rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, 2017, classic, library, coming-of-age

Finally read this classic. Glad to be in the know!

I can see why this has stood the test of time. The story is easy to get into and keeps your attention throughout. It seems like any person, young or old, rich or poor, popular or outcast could empathize or sympathize the themes. Finally, the key climax points are done very well and hit you right in the feels!

Another thought I had while reading is this is another one of the young adult fore fathers. We now take for granted that every week there wi ...more

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Nov 06, 2014 ~☆~Autumn rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I read this in one day as its excellent and I could hardly put it down.

I was in high school in 1965 in Oklahoma near Okla City but I do not recall these two type groups. I was in a fairly big high school near Tinker AFB. I only went there a short time. My later high school had cowboys. I guess every high school is different. Her book is a classic.

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Sep 19, 2018 Janet rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Five stars for the emotional gut punch of the story. Three stars for the characterization of the boys. So I will average it out at 4 stars. I grew up in this time period but I grew up in a rural area. There were definitely the cool, really well-to-do kids and the not so well to do kids whose parents did not have the elite college and hospital jobs. However, there were never the gang fights and beatings that this book portrayed. It was a much more innocent environment and I am definitely glad tha ...more

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Jan 27, 2020 Summer (speaking_bookish) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, ya, own, classics, special-editions, popsugar-2020

This was a great story with mediocre writing. Which is to be expected from such a young girl writing it. It was sad, yet uplifting and I really liked how the story came full circle in the end.

My daughter, Madison, read this for school and I read it along with her.

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