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fascinating read, maybe 4.5 stars as i looked for an existential epiphany thing that i couldn't materialize, but couldn't find bc i'm not smart enough

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fascinating read, maybe 4.5 stars as i looked for an existential epiphany thing that i couldn't materialize, but couldn't find bc i'm not smart enough

harrowing. depressing. etc. i like that it marginally expanded my vocabulary. anyway. lots of things about this book that can be important to take away. the narrator doesn't necessarily go through a spiritual awakening nor any epiphanies but nonetheless offers a beautifully told story of a perpetually dejected man and his experiences with an unforgiving life. i enjoyed the philosophical contemplations about “society” and “crime” and “sin”. beautifully ugly perspective of life. i like how the narrator actually doesn't die at the end of the book. frame device is whatever, the world building part of the book doesn't strike me as the most significant part. glad to get back into reading with this book. flowers for algernon next

oh yeah, and the misogyny was problematic but i ignored that. oops. and i love drug and alcohol addiction i wish it was real

three point five, beautiful, easy, simple read with a beautiful setting and world yk, the overwhelming breast imagery may or may not be a plus or a minus

p good p aight p good 3.75 stars

solid af amir is kinda annoying but very important incredible book historical fiction is nice i didn't like the grotesque scenes but what can you do

rather boring and generally okay, gray and cold !

we love an inclusive king

dnf kinda slow and boring in the first two hundred pages

tenth grade read was pretty good liked the setting but kinda boring at times

i need to read this again bc i fell asleep the first time

10th grade read, pretty alright very eye opening

read the graphic novel kinda version pretty fun book just would rather not read it again or something like that something veers me away from this book

also need to reread, dang we read a lot of these kinda books in the ninth grade

need to reread

relatively unmemorable book that left an unappetizing taste of young adult novels in my mouth (not sure what that analogy is)

read these all except drama in my younger and more vulnerable years except for drama

i remember some more than others but these have a special place in my heart, sisters especially. idk just great reads and i forgot to log them. sisters is actually the goat

THIS back in like 6th grade or so fr showed me the beauty of literature this is like a classic deserving a place among the ranks of the goats

read this some time during elementary school. i think it was required. it was alright i think, but my only core memory of it was reading it in the backseat of my dads little truck. it is now my little truck. this book is very peculiar. i remember being cold while reading it.

i didn't even know this author also wrote because of winn dixie but wow i remember how much better this was than the borrowers back in like 2nd or third grade

i hate you

childhood classic

idk how but i deleted this review too but i cried at the end great book

very good it's nice to have the “society” kinda classics under the belt bc of school reading

pretty good very important rather influential book read in ninth grade

fun read i like chicago and culture and minorities minorities are fun because i can relate them i like books because they can offer different perspectives and that was a great thing about this book i read this book in the ninth grade