Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock (Hardcover)

from melissarochelle

Read on September 15, 2013 It's hard being a teenager. I remember my own angsty years and times when I thought I was all alone. I like novels that accurately reflect the angst with a bit of a hopeful thread throughout. I went into this one expecting total sadness, but I was pleasantly surprised t...

from fatmashahin

4.5 stars This book is important for so many reasons. It's definitely not a walk in the park but it has something to say.Needed more closure on that ending though. :cSide note: To me, a book that leaves you thinking and reflecting after you finish it is a book that is worth reading. Forgive Me Le...

from melrailey

Wow! That's the one word I'd use to describe this book. It was intensely emotional. I think I cried for half the book and not because it was sad and bad things were happening but because Quick was tugging at every single heartstring I have. I felt for Leonard and was dying to know what it was tha...

from Tvickrey

Matthew Quick is an excellent story teller that gives an authentic voice to his characters. We meet Leonard Peacock on the morning of his birthday, the day he is planning on killing his former best friend turned nemesis and then himself with his grandfather's old WWII gun. The book chronicles the...

from jimrgill

In this powerful and poignant novel-which also manages to be quite funny at times-astute readers will detect echoes of one of the seminal works of Young Adult literature. Leonard Peacock is a Holden Caulfield for the millennial generation; Leonard, however, harbors an anguish borne of something f...