Flowers for Algernon

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Sad, but excellent submitted by Daniel Saltzman on March 13, 2010, 3:38pm This book... is difficult to review. It is an excellent book, have no doubt, but exactly how to explain why is hard. Goes well with Isaac Asimov. Good for teens and adults.

Great book! submitted by cinttery on June 12, 2015, 11:42pm This is such a great book to read! Love it!

One of My Favorites submitted by lec.dank on June 30, 2015, 4:12pm Amazing. Probably aimed for mature audiences, but a great read anyway. Very slice-of-life-ey.

Timeless Questions submitted by mansii on August 18, 2015, 9:53am More for a mature audience than for teens, but the kind of story that sticks with you for a lifetime. This is a piece of true literature and addresses timeless questions such as what gives value to a person and whether gaining intelligence is as great a gift as it is proported to be.

Good submitted by jessicazhang on June 18, 2016, 4:33pm Sad, but amazing nonetheless

new favorite book submitted by mrondo on June 17, 2017, 9:39pm I wish I could give this 500 stars. Definitely a new favorite and left me holding back tears.
Absolutely brilliant! (pun intended)

Great submitted by hahahame on July 24, 2017, 8:00pm Very sad book, but a good read nonetheless.

Flowers for Algernon submitted by c_zhang on June 28, 2019, 1:02am Very honest. Sad, but worth the read.

More involved than I expected submitted by terpsichore17 on July 23, 2019, 9:26pm I knew this story involved the parabola of intelligence increasing and deteriorating. What I did *not* know was how that parabola allowed for the exploration of so much: the humanity of the developmentally delayed or disabled, the nature of relationships between people at different intellectual levels, the time required to unpack and understand abuse from one's childhood, what people hide or fake.

Charlie's search for human connection is reminiscent of the Creature longing for Viktor Frankenstein (or anyone else) to treat him with pity and kindness. Clear precursor to Ted Chiang's "Understand."

Flowers for Algernon submitted by lstorc on August 18, 2019, 9:24pm Flowers for Algernon is depressing, but an essential read. It will break your heart.

poignant but well told submitted by crp on August 23, 2019, 12:19am one of the best reads of that decade- and timeless.

A powerful book submitted by frogger154 on June 15, 2020, 3:25pm This book is touching and heartbreaking in a way that so many other books are not. Charlie has to come to terms with his past and his present while trying to accept his own future.