chelseareads's Reviews (449)

This is an incredibly interesting book, though perhaps a little over-dramatic. I find that most books that deal with "special needs" cases (or whatever I'm supposed to call them...) tend to allow for too much wallowing or indulging in the tragedy of it all. Flowers for Algernon deals with a great number of psychological, ethical, and intellectual dilemmas, and made for a very interesting, though not entirely pleasant, read.

Jane Eyre, though not necessarily an enjoyable book, was at the least very interesting. It is written as a sort of autobiography of Jane, who is an incredibly thoughtful person, which means, in this case, only that she thinks all the time. Luckily for the readers, most of her thoughts are mostly interesting, though occasionally she decorates unimportant ideas and leaves the important ones out of the picture. I did have a hard time getting into it (I had to try a few times to make it through the first section), but once I got past the 100 page mark, I was fine.