Rating: 3 stars
“The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for “social”) has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. Ponyboy is a greaser, and he’s always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers–until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc. The murder gets under Ponyboy’s skin, causing his bifurcated world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser.”
I think that this is going to be another short one as I don’t really have anything to say about my thoughts on this book.
Giving the book has been out since 1967, you’d think I’d have even the slightest idea of what it was about before reading, but I didn’t. I still don’t really if I’m being honest. Like, I understand what happens, but I feel as almost nothing happens throughout the duration of the book.
I enjoyed it about as much as I thought I would, and it did manage to make me emotional at some points, and I can safely say that I think it would be a good required read in school due to some of the themes it covers.
I can appreciate the fact that this is certain people’s favourite book, and I can see why, but I really don’t think that it is for me, and I know that I would never pick it up again. A big reader sin, I know, but I think that I would enjoy and understand the movie a lot more than I did the book.
Tea Stains and Book Spines 