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Reader reviewed by linda

I really loved this book because of how beautiful and touching it was but I also hated it because it made me cry so much when I read it. It's one of those books that you love but you swear to yourself that you will never read it again. Anyways, this book is based on science, intelligence, and human emotions. Charlie is a mentally challenged man who is extremely optimistic and happy, but even he realizes that an IQ of 68 won't get him very far so he decides to undergo a radical operation to enhance his intelligence. It works and Charlie is happy for a while but as his IQ grows so too does his loss of connections to average people and even geniuses can't catch up to him. As he watches Algernon, his pet mouse and also a recipient of the operation, die; he realizes that he was a lot happier and better off before the operation.