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Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

Start date: September 1, 2020

Finish date: September 30, 2020

Discussion: CLASSICS READS

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Mar 01, 2015 Lillian rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Written in the first person as 'progress reports', this is a moving story about Charlie, who traveled through the spectrum of human intelligence in a short span of a few months.

Born at the lower end of the IQ curve, Charlie, in his 30's, receives an experimental surgery that elevates him into a genius with no precedence. Equipped with the best analytical machine--his new brain, Charlie not only is able to contribute to the scientific area his 'saviors' cannot achieve, but also, and perhaps more ...more

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Apr 30, 2011 Bethany rated it really liked it

I didn't enjoy this book much, but it was really good. I have seen some awful treatment of powerless people since I started work as a nurse. This book brought back those feelings of heart ache. I remember the very first patient I had as a student nurse was an elderly man. They gave report to us in his room and the nurse told us how he had severe dementia and was very uncooperative and belligerent. I was watching his face while she talked and I could tell how much she was hurting him, to talk abo ...more

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Sep 17, 2010 Trisha rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classics, best-ever

I absolutely LOVED this novel. I think that I finished it in two days! Incredibly well written, thought-provoking, poingient, just an over-all fantastic novel. I can absolutely see why it is a classic work of literature. There is such depth and honesty, as well as a question of ethics and human development, that make this novel a must for any book club discussion. It makes the reader think and feel on a variety of levels as well as challenging the reader to question their own ethical beliefs. I ...more

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