12.2k reviews for:

The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton

4.06 AVERAGE

gemmer_14's review

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

rubyredgrapefrute's review

3.75

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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i feel like reading this as a teen would be an entirely different experience and i’m kinda glad im not having it

earthmxver's review

5.0

emotional 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

lyracait's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

grizzzzle's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

kellymckinley's review

5.0

dark hopeful sad fast-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: Complicated

cristyg10's review

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bananna_fish's review

4.0

adventurous reflective fast-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

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I wish I had read The Outsiders when I was a teenager. The story might focus on class differences that take on a much more violent appearance, but there are so many aspects that can still be transferred to current times. It's the feelings and relationships and the finding of yourself - who hasn't felt like an outsider? I know I sure have and still do at times, so I really appreciated the message in this novel. And oh how quick everything can change... every actions has a consequence and it showcased this wonderfully.

I also loved seeing the brothers' relationship develop and their understanding towards each other form. The other characters were quite memorable too and I did feel like I was part of the group when reading it.

When I usually find the writing in YA novels corny and lacking in character, then I didn't feel that way about The Outsiders at all. On the contrary, it was vivid and interesting. It transported me straight to Oklahoma in the 60s and I really got a sense of what it must have been like.

Reading it, I kind of came to the same conclusions as Pony and started wondering if it all isn't meaningless. Why fight? Do you actually know who you're fighting against? What's truly important in life? It got me thinking more deeply about such things and it also proved to be valuable to my English learning (so many slang phrases I had never heard of!). 

salty_thereader's review

3.5

sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ingerlisa's review against another edition

3.0

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I enjoyed this and how readable it was. But I found the writing kinda simplistic and I guess considering this was written when she was 17 that is understandable but even so I found it a little too surface level.