Mesmerizing journey of Charlie Gordo and his fate.

Beautifully narrated, fantastically written with unbelievable characters and flourishing perspective.
You will fall in love and connect with this book.
This a must listen/read for everyone.

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Drenched in self-pity.

Everyone in this book is ether an a-hole or a self absorbed pity machine. The main protagonist manages to be both. After a while some of these characters get a little character development in form of some human decenty but it gets thrown away by the obnoxious melodramatic Protagonist whose constant whining really gets on my nerves.

Sad dumb man gets smart and is still sad because he is a narcissist who lacks any form of empathy other than for his own misery.

I mochte es

Die Geschichte hat Themen, die sehr in die späten 60er Jahre passen (die Borniertheit der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft, sexuelle Befreiung).
Trotzdem gibt es genügend zeitgenössischen Bezug zur geistigen/sozialen Entwicklung der Hauptfigur Charlie. Das Buch ist sicherlich deprimierend (passenderweise auch so gelesen), dennoch mochte ich es.

Emotional Rollercoaster

A deep psychological insight into a complex character. It's very detailed, realistic and well written. I perceived the book as mainly sad and depressing, as the main character constantly struggles to understand himself and the world around him and I had to cry sometimes. Nevertheless I got absorbed into the mind of Charly and commiserated with him, which was an intense experience.

Just superb

Really worth listening to this audio book! The story and performance are beautiful and touching!

Enchanting

A stunning tour through the intellectual development and decline of a human being. I'm speechless.