Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

119 reviews

thegreatelise's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Un des meilleurs livres que j'ai pu lire de ma vie, je l'avais lu pour la première fois pendant mes années de collège pour les cours, je ne me souviens pas exactement quelle année c'était mais j'avais autour des 13 ans, et déjà à l'époque, ce livre m'avais énormément touchée, et m'avait fait réfléchir, je ne comprenais évidemment pas toute la profondeur de celui ci.
Aujourd'hui, j'ai 19 ans, et cela fait 2-3 ans que l'envie de le relire trotte dans ma tête, et je l'ai enfin fait.
J'ai adoré de A à Z et encore plus qu'à l'époque je pense, évidemment durant cette seconde lecture j'avais plus de connaissances qui m'ont accompagné dans mes réflexions sur ce récit et sur ce que représente le fait d'acquérir de l'intelligence ou l'ignorance que l'on peut avoir face aux moqueries si on ne comprend pas que ce sont des moqueries.
Il va sans dire que le point fort du livre est l'écriture et l'évolution de l'orthographe ainsi que de la tournure des phrases du personnage que je trouve brillante et que je trouvais déjà brillante à l'époque. Je me souviens encore de mon choque en lisant la première page.
Le personnage est très touchant du début à la fin, même si il parait un peu odieux par moment lorsque son intelligence est à son apogée, je ressentais tout de même de la compassion pour lui.
J'ai, plusieurs fois au cours de ma lecture, eu les larmes aux yeux, dû à la fois au livre lui même mais aussi des souvenirs et de la nostalgie qu'il me fait éprouver.

Cela ne touche plus le récit en lui-même mais j'ai aussi été plutôt émue par la partie sur la vie de l'auteur et l'écriture de la nouvelle puis du roman. J'ai été touchée par ce qu'il a écrit en tant que personne qui rêve également d'écrire, ça m'a donner de l'espoir ainsi que de la motivation à poursuivre mes rêves.

Et enfin lire la nouvelle originale boucle la boucle et m'a aussi apporté son lot d'émotions.

J'aimerais maintenant le lire en anglais, pour avoir la langue d'origine du livre et la réelle écriture de l'auteur.
Je pense sincèrement que c'est le genre de livre que tout le monde devrait lire au moins une fois dans sa vie, et si la personne n'en a pas la motivation, de lire au moins la nouvelle, même si le roman est évidemment bien plus développé et complet.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

jlye's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.75

Beautiful and sad. This book pulled me in and broke my heart. Obviously the language around intellectual disabilities has changed quite a bit since this was written, but the themes are still very relevant today.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Child abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal death

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Ableism, Confinement, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Excrement, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

g3mmons's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, and Bullying

Minor: Medical trauma and Suicidal thoughts

ajay913's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Ableism, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Excrement, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Homophobia

lisesenb's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Dementia, Ableism, and Animal death

Minor: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Grief, and Sexual content

c430's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I remember reading this as a kid and not completely understanding everything that happened. Rereading as an adult hits different... It's hard to describe this book... 
You have to keep in mind that it was written in the 50's, so depictions of women are either Madonna or the whore, thiugh definitely not as bad as it could be. Charlie is a very sympathetic character and it's very interesting to see the world through his eyes going from one end of intelligence to the opposite

and back again.

This book brings up the moral complications of animal testing/human testing and  informed consent. Charlie didn't really know what he was getting into when he went in for the operation in the first place, though really it was hard to know where it would end up in the end. 
All he wanted was to be smart and accepted by society and those he called his friends. 
It's a hard book to read emotionally, but it's very interesting as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Ableism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Animal death

milly_gm01's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Ableism, Abandonment, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Dementia

scifi_rat's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

3.5

the reviews that talk about how sad charlie's journey made them and how this is generally a very sad and tragic book feel inherently ableist. if anything this book is about trauma and learning and coming to terms with the kind of pain that self awareness can bring.

some of the psychology and sociology feels dated in many ways but ultimately it does the job it sets out to do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Child abuse, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Dementia, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Excrement

Minor: Sexism, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

shannay_05's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Ableism

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts