Reading Flowers for Algernon awoke all the emotions in me. There was a time before reading Flowers for Algernon when I was a robot of a reader and had few if any emotional reactions to stories; now, after having read it, I cry at the drop of a hat in a story. One of the lines that completely broke me was “I can’t help feeling that I’m not me. I’ve usurped his place and locked him out the way they locked me out the bakery.”
@DylanDoesBooks
3 жыл бұрын
welcome to the channel Evie! It’s such a beautifully crafted story. My empathy for characters definitely fluctuates but in this book it was through the roof!😂 maybe I’ll have tears reading a book one day, haven’t quite got there yet 😭😂
@smellydonut5088
2 жыл бұрын
I feel I'm normally desensitized to tragedies in books but good lord this book made me cry ugly tears!
@DylanDoesBooks
2 жыл бұрын
Such a fantastic story. I need to read it again sometime.
@joshuavincent3515
2 жыл бұрын
This book broke my heart at the end.
@DylanDoesBooks
2 жыл бұрын
Same! Really pulls on those heart strings.
@kasey.n.bailes
Жыл бұрын
This book was the one that probably most deeply impacted my life and way of thinking of all I've read - great review!
@DylanDoesBooks
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for those kind words! I will have to read it again sometime but it's still up there with one of the best I have read
@starberrysweetee1495
2 жыл бұрын
You’ve got to read Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Housseini, it reaaalllyyy tugs at the heart strings in a way most books don’t for me. Really enjoyed Flowers for Algernon, but it didn’t tear me up like this book
@DylanDoesBooks
2 жыл бұрын
I looked up a synopsis and I am not sure it would be the type of book I enjoy, though I will not rule it out, it might surprise me!
@shashankbabu
4 ай бұрын
P.S. please if you get a chance put some flowrs on Algernons grave in the back yard.
@cat2helen
6 ай бұрын
I just finished reading it, still processing it. And emotional horror, mentally horrific and a bit psychological horror. IT is a psychological case of psychological horror.
@DylanDoesBooks
6 ай бұрын
It certainly gets heavy towards the end. I did a second reading last year and it hits just as heavy a second time
@victoriadowell836
3 жыл бұрын
Ugh Billy! You’re making me want to read more books! Love it! Adding this and notes from underground to my wish lists 🤘you may have even twisted my arm into reading LOTR.
@DylanDoesBooks
3 жыл бұрын
You won’t regret reading any of them! Lord of the rings was a journey of high and lows for me but overall I’m glad I read it. I will make a review of notes from underground as it was 🤯
@victoriadowell836
3 жыл бұрын
@@DylanDoesBooks yeah you delivered with such conviction and I just froth authenticity, so I’ve added it to my cart and it will definitely be part of my next purchases. Booktube and discord are just so dangerous. A real threat to my savings haha.
@DylanDoesBooks
3 жыл бұрын
That's really nice to hear honestly Victoria! Honesty and authenticity is something I value deeply and I aim to be as honest as possible on my channel. Since Booktube my reading list has blown up so I feel your pain! I had to buy a second hand kindle just so I could buy e-books cheap 🤣
@victoriadowell836
3 жыл бұрын
@@DylanDoesBooks hahaha. I’m such a dick, I’ve tried to read Ebooks but I just don’t engage as much as physical ones... but now I’m in this brilliant conundrum of having to buy better and bigger shelves. And I say have like it’s a bad thing but I LOVE it! 🤘💙
@DylanDoesBooks
3 жыл бұрын
It is one day a dream of mine to have a home library! Big books shelves and lots of books is the dream 🤣 I don’t mind e readers too much though I’ll always prefer physical. Physical books are just a bit pricey for me to buy new so I try to find second hand or e book first.
@amethystthepurplelynel7994
11 ай бұрын
I first read the short story version in eighth grade. (Ya know, the novel is... a bit too spicy for school.) At first I wasn't really interested since we have been learning about the Rorschach test basically the entire first section of the year. After just a few weeks of reading it in class I friggin loved that story, and I literally could not stop ranting about how I ship Charlie and Alice. But seriously, if you asked anyone, they'd say I ship it, I occasionally started miniature wars on who shipped it harder. Even now, I'm still a big shipper of that ship. 😅I shed a few tears when Charlie realized that people had been making fun of him. It honestly impacted me more than the ending. We also watched the 1968 version of the movie. (Same reason for why we didn't read the original novel, same thing for why we didn't see the 2000 movie. Which I watched later, and enjoyed it quite a bit. Personally, I prefer the 2000 movie.) Anyways, that's my experience with Flowers for Algernon! It's a really touching story and will always hold a place in my heart!
@LukeEdwardstube
3 жыл бұрын
Dragon Heart kills me mate. Great video! Really thought through analysis. I'm intrigued by this book now👌🏻
@DylanDoesBooks
3 жыл бұрын
Literally cried for like an hour. It's worth a read mate and it's short too.
@pnutbutrncrackers
Жыл бұрын
Hardest cry I ever had reading a book. Was glad I was alone in my bedroom so no one could hear me. Masterpiece.
@DylanDoesBooks
Жыл бұрын
I re read it this year. Doesn't punch as hard the second time, but there is so much more depth the second time. A true masterpiece
@pnutbutrncrackers
Жыл бұрын
@@DylanDoesBooks BTW, I like the original shorter version better than the book-length expansion, personally.
@bentheoverlord
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent review man ! It’s such a good book, we read it for English in 2nd year and I loved it
@DylanDoesBooks
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you mate! Aw man I’m jealous you got to read this in school. It’s an excellent read though
@bentheoverlord
3 жыл бұрын
@@DylanDoesBooks yeah haha it was one of the few ones I enjoyed in school haha
@DylanDoesBooks
3 жыл бұрын
@@bentheoverlord of mice and men is one I remember from school. I think I like algernon more though
@shrimptoast1391
3 жыл бұрын
Oh not me. I am a Gods Damned River when it comes to the sad moment in stories!
@DylanDoesBooks
3 жыл бұрын
I think you would like it Shrimp, though if you cry easily you might drown reading this 😂
@whitewing61
Жыл бұрын
I cried so hard while reading this book that I woke up my boyfriend. He held me while I sobbed through the last chapter. One of my favorite reading experiences
@georgehsmyth1456
Жыл бұрын
Yip, just finished this...talk about making a grown man cry! Slept with it under my pillow the night I finished it, best Sci-Fi read this year. Highly recommend it to anyone, a book that will probably live with you forever once read...like John Williams' 'Stoner'. Great review.
@DylanDoesBooks
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind comment my friend. John Williams' Stoner is on my list to read in March, very much looking forward to it!
@georgehsmyth1456
Жыл бұрын
@@DylanDoesBooks No spoilers but...prepare yourself, make sure you have your house in order before reading 'Stoner' and by house I mean LIFE! Read it in February...still reeling.
@DylanDoesBooks
Жыл бұрын
@@georgehsmyth1456 That's a big ask, I'll just have to take my chances 🤣
@luisfigueroa3226
3 жыл бұрын
Alright i'm gonna read it, :D
@DylanDoesBooks
3 жыл бұрын
I know you will enjoy this one Luis!
@herbertwestiron
3 жыл бұрын
Just finished the book and came back to say thanks for the recommendation. Amazing book. I have one request though can you make a video about a good gothic horror book.
@DylanDoesBooks
3 жыл бұрын
I am happy you enjoyed it Herb! If you have discord, I have a server, we're small but relatively active if you ever want to discuss anything! In terms of gothic horror, the only two that comes to mind that I have read are Haunting of Hill House and Woman in Black. Maybe Frankenstein too? I shall make a note mate and if you have any books to recommend in the genre then let me know!
@herbertwestiron
3 жыл бұрын
@@DylanDoesBooks I will join the discord server and I usually recommend the ones you have already read plus dracula and the monk.
@DylanDoesBooks
3 жыл бұрын
@@herbertwestiron I have not heard of The Monk, would it be the one by Matthew Lewis by any chance? Dracula I have not read but I'm sure I will one day.
@herbertwestiron
3 жыл бұрын
@@DylanDoesBooks Yes.
@Zack-xv2yc
8 күн бұрын
This book fucking TORE ME DOWN so much emotionally that after finishing it at night at the time and "attempted" to go to sleep, my mind was still swirling with almost _fanfic-ish_ ideas and different scenarios for the book that I couldn't even close my tear-filled eyes. One of the scenarios is that Charlie took in a little girl on the autism-spectrum and cared for her while he was still "Smart Charlie". And when his mind begins to deteriorate, he even shuts-out the little girl, giving her to either Strauss or Nemur to take care of her; asking them to not let her see him in "this way" when he inevitably goes back to his old self. There would be an epilogue where years later, the little girl, now all grown up and is relatively "cured" by the newly revised operation, now works at the Warrens and becomes Charlie's new main caretaker. Just coming up with the dialogue that might happen between both of them in my head made me absolutely ugly cry at 3 AM... 😭😭🥲🥲
@AmelieSophie-jj3qb
3 жыл бұрын
Great thumbnail
@DylanDoesBooks
3 жыл бұрын
10/10 thumb
@proseamongstthorns6482
3 жыл бұрын
Tea is better 😂 really want to pick this book up!
@DylanDoesBooks
3 жыл бұрын
I drink copious amount of both tea and coffee 😂 you should! It’s one of my favourites.
@Bob-t4g7w
Жыл бұрын
You reminded me of Edward Norton.
@DylanDoesBooks
Жыл бұрын
I get that a lot 😆
@brigidspencer5123
Ай бұрын
@@DylanDoesBooksI wonder if Ed Norton gets mistaken for you as well?
@Georgeorwell9260
3 жыл бұрын
Any other books like this?
@DylanDoesBooks
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry for such a late reply mate! For similar books I have not read any myself that are like this. I do not tend to read sci fi or many tear jerkers.
@lightyagami1752
3 жыл бұрын
You should read The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn. It is what the movie (and subsequent TV series) Limitless are somewhat loosely based on. But while Limitless is given the slick upbeat Hollywood treatment, the book has a sobering ending. And you should also check out Understand by Ted Chiang. It's a novella, with similar themes, but taken to an even further (albeit plausible) extreme with superlative cognition engendering low-key superhuman abilities. But it also has a fairly dark ending. Those dark endings seem to be a recurring theme with works like this. Oh, and as for Flowers for Algernon, you should read both the short story (novella) and the full length novel. In that order. They both focus on slightly different things, and reading both lent an added dimension to my appreciation of Keyes' masterwork.
@tyronemariano8624
3 жыл бұрын
Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck, not a sci-fi tho but I found the two very similar. Both heartbreaking :((
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