A Separate Peace in Around the World in 80 Books

Feb 19, 2007 Elizabeth rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classics, fiction

One of my favorite books when I was younger. The writer's voice is so gentle as he describes the competitive nature of friendship and how the main character longs to be someone that he is not. Worth a re-read. ...more

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Feb 27, 2007 Rachel rated it it was ok

Shelves: fiction

All through high school and college it seemed like every English class except for mine had to read this book. Of course I was ecstatic. A year and a half after college, I guess I missed it, I decided to read it. I'm glad I wasn't forced to, because I would have hated it if I had been, as it is it's a decent story. I didn't love it, but I liked Phineas. ...more

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Oct 07, 2013 Deedee rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, challenge-2013, boarding-school, read-in-2013, rory-gilmore-reading-challenge, usa-new-hampshire, historical-fiction, historical-fiction-world-war-two, challenge-2013-fall

4* for style, 3* for content. I'm not normally interested in the hijinks at a boy's boarding school. I didn't like the hero/narrator. And ... The event at the end was there for shock value, and not an event arising organically from the narrative. Recommended only if you need a book to do a report on for school. ...more

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Sep 16, 2007 Sarah rated it liked it

Shelves: book-club-rg, american-as-apple-pie, bildungsroman, owned

Very well written, although I didn't really care about any of the characters or what happened to them. The only character I felt sympathetic to was Leper.

Also recommended: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. ...more

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