Comparison to Daniel Keyes' seminal Flowers for Algernon are unavoidable, and make no mistake, Speed of Dark is a worthy successor. But Lou is no Charley, and the two books' similarities are more thematic than anything else. Where Flowers for Algernon gave readers a filtered glimpse of Charley's experience through the pages of a journal, in Speed of Dark readers are inside Lou's head from the first page.
And what a fascinating head it is.
I'm serious here. If you haven't read the book, do so now. If you don't own it, go to the bookstore and buy it, then read it. Or, if you're below the poverty line, borrow it from your local library. In any event, it's an award well-deserved for a writer who's more than paid her dues over the years.
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