adamjeffson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Ableism, Abandonment, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Excrement
Moderate: Dementia
jeremie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Ableism and Child abuse
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Physical abuse
Minor: Dementia, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Alcohol
ky001113's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Abandonment, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Cursing, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, and Dementia
Minor: Animal death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Animal cruelty, and Confinement
inkstutter's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Bullying
Moderate: Sexual content, Dementia, Animal death, Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Physical abuse
xwritingstoriesx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Ableism
Minor: Alcoholism and Animal death
marinapaso11's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Sexual content, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Ableism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, and Child abuse
Moderate: Animal death and Dementia
Minor: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Dementia
kkalicky94's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Excrement
Minor: Animal death
onamoonbeam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
Spoiler
love it when media sets up a premise so well you know where it's going but you're still holding on to the hope it won't happen somehow. the last bit clenched my heart and spit it out like a prune. fuckkki realize that i got a bit of a different experience with this book because i listened to the audiobook and therefore didn't see charlie's spelling change over time. however i do think that worked in my favor in a way bc i took his thoughts more seriously from the beginning than i think i would have if just reading it and i wasn't frustrated. as someone who grew up praised for my intelligence having an epistolary novel from the perspective of someone whose intelligence and emotions wildly change... hit hard.
skimmed the short story that was the beginning of this. although it's much tighter and gets through a lot i think the full novel deals a lot more with the variety of human connections and how intelligence connects to that. the audiobook narrator did a really good job of making charlie sound different before and after the operation and emphasizing his emotions
with such an elegant name i did not expect so much of this to be about abuse. but god. flashbacks done well
it's always clear how charlie/charles can see the other version of himself. that's neat
god. algernon. the way he's an object of sympathy, a marker of progress, a friend to be saved, a being to be tested, a tragic prophecy
the desperation in the last few chapters when you just see charlie trying to hold on... not quite knowing what happened before
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Alcohol, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Medical content
Moderate: Abandonment and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
kylahspages's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Misogyny, Ableism, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders
elbe1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Ableism and Abandonment
Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Excrement, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Animal death