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Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

community rec. started this book without knowing what it was about or what to expect. finished this on my flight earlier and it left me nonverbal for a good few minutes after the last page.

i started to get really sad toward the end as charlie regressed and i don’t even know how to describe how i felt reading. the author wrote so well such that you could feel the subtle regressions in each report, from complex sentences to a small spelling errors to simple sentences that are badly spelt.

when charlie said “why me?” as he regressed i just felt terrible

tldr; this book is about a peek into the life and feelings of a mentally disabled adult (kid) in their own words if they could articulate and process well


main takeaway:
- my greatest learning in a way is that mentally disabled people are still humans and society should treat them with the same amount of respect, despite their flaws.
- high intelligence is not necessarily a good thing

5/5 classic banger