The Outsiders
Ratings600
Average rating3.9
The ending rounded up a little better than the rest of the book. Not really the kind of teenage angst vibing book that's not some cliche.
Prompt 7 from 2019 Popsugar Challenge: A reread of a favorite book; prompt 6 from 2020 Popsugar Challenge: A bildungsroman; prompt 40 from 2021 Popsugar Challenge: Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
Book: The Outsiders Author: S. E. Hinton Genre: YA fiction, bildungsroman Dates Read: 05/12/2021-05/21/2021 Format: physical book Other prompts: A book everyone seems to have read but you.
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Well-rounded characters and good writing, S.E. Hinton did a fantastic job with this story - and only at 15/16? Amazing.
The plot was easy to follow, and the narrative voice of Ponyboy was enjoyable, relatable, and at times, funny and witty. I also really liked the themes Hinton focused on - social divide, family, friends (ie. chosen family).
Made for a short read, would recommend to anyone.
It took a while to get goine, but once it did i couldn't put it down!
Read the majority of it in about three hours.
Thumbs up to John Barrowman for taste in books :).
”Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.”
When I was younger, we were made to watch The Outsiders at school and I had loved it. I don't know why it's taken me so long to finally pick up the book.
The characters are so well written. I loved reading Darry, Soda and Ponyboy's story and their love for one another was visible on paper. This is such a found family story, especially when it comes to the Greaser gang.
“Can you see the sunset real good from the West Side?”“Real good.”“You can see it good from the East Side, too.”
I believe this book teaches an important lesson about how we all can be different but still be the same. I think any person, regardless of what background you have, can emphasise or feel something when reading this.
This is one of those books that it doesn't matter how old you are or when you read this, it will still have the same impact on you.
This is the perfect book to read if you're looking for something that will make you feel something but aren't in the mood to read a large book. This is also a great read if you are wanting to begin reading or smash out those yearly reading goals.
The eccentricity of Ponyboy's name reflects the differences between him and the rest of the ‘Greasers' gang to which he belongs. Rather than becoming hardened or jaded about his poverty, parents' death, and the intense conflict between the Greasers and their uptown rivals, the ‘Socs,' Ponyboy remains sensitive and more-or-less non-delinquent. Everything changes when he and his best friend, Johnny, are jumped by a group of Socs and the Soc leader is killed by Johnny in self-defense. In the drama that ensues, Ponyboy's older brothers Sodapop and Darry can't continue to shield him from the vagaries of life, and he ultimately has to choose whether to retreat into an emotionless shell of self-defense (read: delinquency) or to be strong and ‘stay gold.'
Overall, I thought that this was an excellent book with a very relatable main character in Ponyboy. While at times he came across as a little too clearsighted and ‘wise' for his age, I think that had I read this book as a teen I would have seen much of myself in Ponyboy. The rivalry between the Greasers and the Socs is replicated to some degree among groups of teens everywhere, which also helps to explain this novel's continued relevance for teens throughout the years.
Went in knowing next to nothing, ended up absolutely gutted by the end. Not my typical type of fiction but I enjoyed it, especially the second half of the book.
Read this for high school years ago, and vaguely remember us watching the movie after. It's better now that I'm an adult, and actually made me tear up. Pure classic.
I was going to give it a 3.5 during the middle, but I love the way it ends where Ponyboy starts writing his story of *The Outsiders*, and how he has reflected, hurt, moved on, and grew. It's not a lot of growth, but he's learning to cope. I like (hate?) that this story is still relevant to the children of this generation, so it's relatable to them (but honestly these kids.. their brains ain't developed so as much as I wish a novel can change their perspective, it's not enough lol) I'm so glad Darry is there for Ponyboy and Sodapop. I can imagine how different they would be if they didn't have Darry to be their parent and take care of them. so 4:star:
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I really like this book . It's a very enjoyable story, but just short of epic. Certain areas may not be as fulfilling as they could have been. I'm not quite as captivated or blown away, but still had a great experience. I'd recommend this book to others and continue reading from this author. I would probably re-read it.
I literally only bought this book from a discounted book sale because it made me feel nostalgic to when I read this in middle school but man, this was way better than I remember
Rating: 3.86 leaves out of 5-Characters: 3/5 -Cover: 4/5-Story: 2.5/5-Writing: 5/5Genre: Classic, Coming of Age, Contemporary-Classic: 5/5-Coming of Age: 2.5/5-Contemporary: 5/5Type: EbookWorth?: YeahHated Disliked Meh It Was Okay Liked Really Liked LovedIn all my days of living I had yet to pick up the book. It didn't seem like my cup of tea, but the cover was shinny and it was free. Lol. Even as I sit here and think about it I am trying to see how I feel about the whole thing. Was it sad? A bit, yeah. I guess things that happened then are still happening, maybe not as much. I will be honest I didn't get the point of the book. I suppose a snippet into the boy's life but, I don't know it just wasn't into it that much. I saw no point in two of the major scenes. I know people love it I just don't see why.
(I started The Outsiders in print, but I couldn't get into it, so I ended up listening to it on audio. I settled in pretty fast, once I heard how the characters speak.)
Somehow I have missed The Outsiders, even after all the recommendations for it, even after seeing it on lots of people's favorite book lists, even after owning a copy of it for a good while. My feelings about it, after finally getting to it, are mixed. I'm sure things were very different fifty years ago, when the book was written, but lots of things about it are jarring to me, in 2017. Rich kids in gangs? Poor boys who fight at night but go to high school the next day and make good grades? Gangs who fight with fists? A boy mixed up with a kid who knifes another boy to death yet goes home to his brothers rather than jail? The author is female? And young? Most jarring of all, honestly, was finding out that these gangs live in Oklahoma.
There were so many things I liked about the book that I can't list them all. Most importantly, the story has a deep honesty in the depiction of the relationships between the boys that I rarely see. The empathy that Ponyboy develops toward his rival gang members was also interesting.
I'm going to watch the movie this weekend.
The start was slow. I have tried to read this for three times, and given up every time before. It really doesn't start before Bob dies. It was so dark and depressing and hard to take until that, just got worse and worse... After that, I couldn't put it down.
I left my middle school in 8th grade a few weeks before my class read this book, Because i was sick and had to leave. I had seen people my age talk about this book and my twin sister loved it. I decided to read this book recently. Wow. What a masterpiece, The way it tackles the struggles of poverty and found family is incredible. This book is something i will probably think about for the rest of my life, and although I dont cry much or at all I will say, This book almost made me cry and truly changed me and I hope that many people will read this in the future and see the effects it can have on people. 5 stars