You will become really invested in this story and will find your heart broken before the story ends. Charlie is the perfect character to help show the light on the prejudices around (the lack of) intelligence and how people treat others differently accordingly. I agree I was a bit surprised when I first encountered myself with the seemingly horrid spelling, but once you understand its significance and the fact that this story is told with the help of Charlie’s progress reports during the experiment, you will realize the brilliancy of it all. First of all I just loved how the writing itself was a very clear demonstration of Charlie’s mental state and how things change over time. This theme is very well developed with the help of the main character Charlie, showing both the before and after of this experimental operation. Flowers For Algernon is a science fiction read with a very interesting theme: intelligence enhancement with the help of a brain operation. Brilliant prose, intriguing plot, well developed characters… This story has it all. This is one powerful story that managed to break my heart completely by the time I reached the last page… I can definitely understand why this novel by Daniel Keyes has become a modern classic. Then again, I do like my surprises… And Flowers For Algernon turned out to be a very pleasant surprise at that. I’ve had this modern classic on my TBR for a long time, although I admit I was completely clueless about the plot and didn’t even have a general idea of what the story was going to be about. “How strange it is that people of honest feelings and sensibilty, who would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyes-how such people think nothing of abusing a man with low intelligence.” 2023 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge.
2017 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge.
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