Finny was mischievous, likable, energetic, self-confident, and the best athlete in school.Finny had a carefree self-absorbed attitude and could talk his way out of any situation. He was very smart with a superior academic record.His best friend at Devon was Phineas, also known as Finny. Gene Forrester is the narrator and protagonist of the story, who comes back to Devon in his thirties to revisit his high school years. If you don’t have anything good to say, write a book with an abstract title that has nothing to do with the god damn thing.Ī Separate Peace is a novel written by John Knowles, and takes place in New Hampshire during the summer of 1942, and during World War II.The characters attend the Devon boarding school which is strict and very structured during the winter months, but more lax in the summer. A message that all of us could use on a daily basis. I found that this book did have a message. I can’t even remember what I’m talking about, it left that little of an impression on my brain. In fact, this works best on bad days, although you will probably have trouble remembering the passages due to the fact that after reading the book you feel no change in your life at all, and can't even remember reading it.

If you're ever having a good day, just remember this book, and you can feel nothing so fast, it's almost as quick as it must of been for the author to form such ill-riveting non-descriptive sentences. If you're planning on becoming a Buddhist monk, or some sort of spiritual guru, this book will make you feel so empty, that you will never need to clear your mind again. This book has some good uses too it as well. that’s how monotone, boring, and devoid of any sense of joy that this poor waste of paper truly is. Imagine, the worst possible thing on the planet, and then imagine not experiencing it, but never experiencing joy again. This book was so monotone in fact, that instead of leaving a ringing in my ears, I couldn’t hear anything for 48 hours after reading this book.

I was surprised on the effort that must of been expelled by the author, I mean, It takes true energy to make something so monotone and boring, that every second I lived with this book in my general vicinity, I felt like jumping off of a forty foot building into fire.

A Separate Peace by John Knowles