A review by nusrathsarchive
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 How strange it is that people of honest feelings and sensibility, who would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyes-how such people think nothing of abusing a man born with low intelligence. It infuriated me to think that not too long ago I, like this boy, had foolishly played the clown 

it's easy to forget where you came from, in a midst of trying to fit with everybody else. and it's hard not to feel sympathy for the main character, who is a boy in all matters but age. 

the relationship between miss kinnian (alice) and charlie in my opinion was both forced, and weird. even alice acknowledges that it's weird. 

 
and charlie's mental decline was terrible to read about. this was one of the plot points i would say the book executed better. a lot better.


read the short story first, i would say. 
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