“IS THIS APPROPRIATE FOR A 13 YEAR OLD?”
“Last year my school did a play over this story and I thought that it seemed interesting and very different from most plays that I've seen, but they didn't really explain very much about the whole story. After I saw the play I never really thought of it as a book, but recently I found out that it was a book. I've heard it's a good book and extremely interesting, but I've just never gotten around to reading it. So, should I read it or just find another book?”
“I think Flowers for Algernon is a pretty good book. It might be hard to read at first because of the "grammatical errors" that Charlie makes, but you get used to it. It was disappointing in the end because Charlie lost all his artificial intelligence. ”
“Flowers for Algernon reminds me of having a really good dream but then forgetting it as soon as my eyes open. Stinks for Charlie because it's his life!”
“I think I liked the short story/novella more than the novel..the flashbacks were a bit confusing. I first read it in English class and enjoyed it very much. It was sad at the end.I would have liked to know what happened to Charlie's dad, can anyone remember? Did he abandon him?”
“I read this book because I saw it featured in one of my favorite anime called Ghost in the Shell. In the show, there are these blue robot spiders which have advanced artificial intelligence. So advanced indeed that each of the robots begin to develop personality. One of the robots is a bookworm and he happens to be reading Flowers of Algernon in one sequence. He is very curious about the nature of the soul as he relates his own identity crisis being an artificial entity himself. He thinks the book addresses some aspect of the issue on soul.”
“I read the short story in elementary school but it left such an impact I remembered the name. I didn't see the full version of the novel until a few weeks ago while browsing Borders book store. I picked it up and am currently reading through it together with my wife.Its pretty cool that this book has such devoted fans. Posting comments with spelling just like Charlie Gordon would write. Very cute.”
“Intelligence doesn't equal happiness.”
“This is the first book I read where I realized that reading was at least half my job and that thinking on purpose about a book could be surprising.”
“I read this book when I was twelve. I remember that it was a favorite ... I am going to read it again.”
