A review by antarmukh
Dead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

THIS is a book of SEASONS; there's the SPRING of passion, dreams, and new-found interests that breed life in the womb of the soul that nourishes the body, the SUMMER of teenage infatuation, the AUTUMN of bereavement, control, deceit, an attempted murder of the heart, and at last, the WINTER of death.
The book ends with the winter but still manages to hint at the advent of spring.

It's about the lamp the burns in a storm, it's about a seed  that grows from the ground, it's about the clouds that rain snow but eventually give way to sunlight dressed as a maiden, and about the teardrop that makes the cheek glow despite the pain it carries and symbolizes.

BUT, this surely doesn't fall under the "Better than the movie" category.