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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 ...more
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 ...more
Great concept and great expanding and explaining the subject. The only issue that bothered me, was the repetitive and matter-of-fact language of the intelligent Charlie, which was of course because of his new character where he found every other person intellectually beneath himself. I felt his super big ego too! His tone and entitlement was both boring and extra.
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