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All I knew about this before I started it was that it is a classic of its genre. I read it in a day (mostly on planes, yet again). Very readable. A comment on intelligence and relationships; not necessarily human.
It's always interesting to go back and read the original source of something that's seeped into general cultural knowledge. I knew the story going in, of course--there have been too many homages and parodies not to. But now I can see why so many people have riffed on it. The concept is interesting, of course, but the execution was even better. The change in writing style as Charlie went up and down the IQ scale was subtle but convincing. I really liked that Keyes avoided being preachy at all tur
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