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Dead Poets Society
by N.H. Kleinbaum
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
relaxing
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
I am genuinely so confused about this book.
The beginning was so good, it felt like there were so many good ideas, the writing flowed perfectly, and it introduced me to a poem that I now love, but once it got to the halfway mark, I started noticing how many problems I had with the text.
Firstly, when the club was just beginning, there was this risk to it, a sort of anticipation for what was going to come, along with a love for the ideas presented to you. But it only begins to focus so much on relationships, not the ones with the male leads and their friendship as I was hoping for, but random relationships with girls that we know close to nothing about. Not only are these girls' paper-thin, but all we seem to know about them is that they are women. I hate how they are treated and thought of. The way it was written made it feel as though the characters saw these girls as objects to gain, like things that they could get just because they wanted to. I guess this reflects the time that the story was made, and I can’t judge it too harshly, but how some of these characters were being treated…
And – minor spoilers – the ending that everything seemed to be built up to felt like it had finally made it to the climax and then someone cut the story short, it felt like it was missing the crucial part that showed the characters growth and how they have changed due to these events, instead we get to see only the beginning of these developments before the story gets cut off.
Although this sounds negative, I did relatively enjoy the story, distancing myself from the characters and understanding that this was made a while back and cannot compare to the standards of society, did help slightly, but what saved this book for me was the ideas. The strong themes of living in the moment, making every moment worth it, and the society and camaraderie were what saved this and made it a passing book.
I will still watch the movie, though, in the hopes that it will be slightly better, but I think my expectations were just too high for this one.
The beginning was so good, it felt like there were so many good ideas, the writing flowed perfectly, and it introduced me to a poem that I now love, but once it got to the halfway mark, I started noticing how many problems I had with the text.
Firstly, when the club was just beginning, there was this risk to it, a sort of anticipation for what was going to come, along with a love for the ideas presented to you. But it only begins to focus so much on relationships, not the ones with the male leads and their friendship as I was hoping for, but random relationships with girls that we know close to nothing about. Not only are these girls' paper-thin, but all we seem to know about them is that they are women. I hate how they are treated and thought of. The way it was written made it feel as though the characters saw these girls as objects to gain, like things that they could get just because they wanted to. I guess this reflects the time that the story was made, and I can’t judge it too harshly, but how some of these characters were being treated…
And – minor spoilers – the ending that everything seemed to be built up to felt like it had finally made it to the climax and then someone cut the story short, it felt like it was missing the crucial part that showed the characters growth and how they have changed due to these events, instead we get to see only the beginning of these developments before the story gets cut off.
Although this sounds negative, I did relatively enjoy the story, distancing myself from the characters and understanding that this was made a while back and cannot compare to the standards of society, did help slightly, but what saved this book for me was the ideas. The strong themes of living in the moment, making every moment worth it, and the society and camaraderie were what saved this and made it a passing book.
I will still watch the movie, though, in the hopes that it will be slightly better, but I think my expectations were just too high for this one.