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The Outsiders

S.E. Hinton

4.06 AVERAGE


teary eyed for johnnycake

it was a little boring but it actually wasn’t horrible
challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
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greenghost's review

5.0
dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Oh what I would give to read The Outsiders for the first time again
adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

For being so short, this book packs a serious punch. I’ve always found a slightly queer tinge to it with the theme of found family, and searching for one’s place and identity. Both being scorned for it, and proud of it.

erikareads18's review

5.0
dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Entertaining. Funny that we (my husband and I) read this right after reading Gone With the Wind, and then the book shows up in this story. It was a very easy read compared to GWTW, of course, but it was a touching and well-written story.
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deanagedream's review

3.25
adventurous emotional funny sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kids were very annoying

desisico's review

3.5
adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: N/A

When I originally read this book I wasn’t a huge fan but after sitting with it for a while and seeing the broadway adaptation I have come to really love the story. Though it will never be a favorite of mine I really do enjoy it.