Forgive me leonard peacock10/15/2023 ![]() I swear, this book is so beautifully written I couldn’t stop bookmarking my favorite lines. I like how this book has footnotes, which was a very rare reading experience for me. I loved Matthew Quick’s writing style, he managed to mix-in the perfect amount of humor to this depressing book. Leonard Peacock is weird, friendless, alone and even his own mother forgot his birthday. I felt that he wasn’t mentally and emotionally stable, he says that he’s is going to kill someone and then himself but deep inside, he is desperately asking to be saved. But here’s the thing, he has gone and is going through a lot of things in his life. I could definitely understand those people who hated him. His thoughts are conceited, judgmental, and sometimes sexist. Leonard Peacock is an unlikable character. He is very different, like he sometimes wears a suit and then follows random strangers at the train different. But first he needs to give the four gifts he prepared for his four friends. As the synopsis said, on the day of Leonard’s 18th birthday he has his grandfather’s pistol that he will use to kill his former bestfriend and then himself. So I’ll leave out as much detail as I can, in courtesy for those people who would read this. I went through this book having no idea on what I’m going to get, I just read the synopsis and became curious about it. I honestly can’t put into words what I feel about Leonard Peacock, he’s one those characters that I honestly don’t like but I care deeply about. Reading this would drag you inside the head and into the life of Leonard Peacock. In fact, I found myself needing to read something light just to take some of the heaviness away. I found this book extremely hard and painful to read. I’m hoping he can save me, even though I realize he can’t.” “I’m trying to let him know what I’m about to do. Maybe one day he’ll believe that being different is okay, important even. ![]() It is also the day he will kill his former best friend, and then himself, with his grandfather’s P-38 pistol. ![]() To let them know I really cared about them and I’m sorry I couldn’t be more than I was–that I couldn’t stick around–and that what’s going to happen today isn’t their fault. ![]() I want to give them each something to remember me by. In addition to the P-38, there are four gifts, one for each of my friends. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick ![]()
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