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A review by runningdobe
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
4.0
Thought-provoking
I don't know that I'd use the word enjoyable to describe this book, but I do recommend it for most. My wife, as one example, would not enjoy enjoy this book at all and probably would not finish it. At times, it's a tough read in the sense that it elicits strong sympathies for the main character who has severe mental handicaps and a mother who is both cruel and self-serving. It's a reminder that life is far from fair, and there is a lot of cruelty in this world. The story truly is thought-provoking and worth the time.
I don't know that I'd use the word enjoyable to describe this book, but I do recommend it for most. My wife, as one example, would not enjoy enjoy this book at all and probably would not finish it. At times, it's a tough read in the sense that it elicits strong sympathies for the main character who has severe mental handicaps and a mother who is both cruel and self-serving. It's a reminder that life is far from fair, and there is a lot of cruelty in this world. The story truly is thought-provoking and worth the time.