pickStarting off this Saturday morning with a good sob--god I love this book!
There was so much I forgot, so what a joy to reread this. But no matter how many times I read it (and it's been quite a few) when Charlie's writing start's to deteriorate the tears start flowing; and that last line......😭💔
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dabbe 😭💚😭 4d
TiredLibrarian It's a heartbreaker for sure. 4d
Aims42 I remember this being required reading in middle school and I was so mad because it was the saddest book I had read up to that point in my life. I should re-read it now, I‘d probably get more out of it 👍 4d
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TheBookgeekFrau @Aims42 You should. It's definitely just as sad, but I found myself being more interested and attuned to Charlie's intellectual/psychological development. 4d
TheBookgeekFrau @TiredLibrarian No matter how many times I read it the heartbreak is just as bad 4d
TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe 💔🩷💔 4d
Aims42 @TheBookgeekFrau 👍👍👍👍 4d
rwmg I was surprised when I re-read it recently how little of it is taken up with Charlie's decline because that was what loomed so large in my memories of reading it as a teenager 50-odd years ago. 4d
TheBookgeekFrau @rwmg Me too! It was only like 10 pages. But he does start to figure it out in the middle of the book which is when Algernon's decline starts so maybe that's why we remembered it longer. I also (mis)remembered it with Algernon being much more prominent than he actually was. 4d
