Daniel Keyes: FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON

Published: 1966
Winner or Rec? Nebula winner 1967 (tied with BABEL-17)
Started reading: August 25th
Finished reading: August 27th

Epic Reading Project book #19

HOT DIGGITY. Okay, kids, gather round. You know I like emotional books rather than intellectual books, but this one is both. I’m going to have to put the rest of this review under a cut because you can’t talk about this book without spoiling the entire plot. If you don’t want to be spoiled, let this suffice: It’s an amazing book, I nearly cried, and as someone who never cries at books EVER (with one famous exception), that is a big deal.

READ IT. It’s an incredibly important book for a number of reasons. I’d put it on par with BRAVE NEW WORLD.

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