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Erica
Oct 15, 2012 rated it really liked it
Wow, it has been awhile since I have been able to read. Not a great last half of the year on the reading front. Looking forward to a nice long winter curled up in front of the fire reading and perhaps catching up. John picked this book up and though I think I had heard of the title, that was all I knew of it.

Kind of a fun mental journey of a man as he goes from being an imbecile to a genius in a matter of months through a groundbreaking brain operation. I think the mental journey was well laid
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Efe
Oct 08, 2009 rated it really liked it
Given that I didn't grow up in the US, Flowers for Algernon was not on any of my reading lists at school. I had vaguely heard the name of the book bandied around, but it wasn't until it came up as a book club read for April that I decided to pick it up. I was so glad I did.

What a breath of fresh air after reading so many heavily stylised novels recently, to dip into something that was honest, touching and heartfelt.
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Megan
Jan 28, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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 ...more
Christi
Read in HS. Need to re-read. I remember it as a solid 5 and it making me think and cry and understand better.
Sharon
Jul 23, 2009 rated it liked it
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Mar 03, 2010 rated it liked it
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Apr 23, 2010 rated it really liked it
Kimberly
Jun 19, 2010 marked it as to-read
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Sep 11, 2010 rated it did not like it
Kelli
Mar 02, 2012 marked it as to-read
Coqueline
Apr 22, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: favourites
Jenifer
May 11, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Jessica
Dec 06, 2012 marked it as to-read
MichelleCH
Dec 16, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: own, cf-book-sale
Neila
Feb 14, 2013 rated it really liked it
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Mar 08, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Aug 31, 2014 rated it really liked it
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Jun 19, 2017 rated it liked it
Jasmin
Jan 07, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: start-with-these, 025
Pantteri
Jul 07, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition