Mr. Keating, der Englischlehrer an der Welton Academy ruft seine Klasse dazu auf anders zu denken, das beste aus dem Tag zu machen. Die Dead poets Society entsteht und damit ein Raum wo die Jungs ihren Gefühlen und Bedürfnissen, aber vor allem der Poesie freien Lauf lassen können. Schwierig wenn man dann mit Konsequenzen wie strengen Eltern und Lehrern zu tun hat... Das Buch hat mir richtig gut gefallen. Die Sprache war dank der Gedichte zwischendurch sehr abwechslungsreich und obwohl ichs auf englisch gelesen habe, nicht zu komplex. Die Entwicklung der Charakter war schön mit zu erleben. Das Ende kam plötzlich und überraschend. Ein Klassiker den ich allen empfehlen würde :).

Dead Poets Society ist ein Buch, welches jeder Mal gelesen haben muss. Es beschreibt die Lyrik, die nicht vergessen werden darf und mit "Carpe Diem" die Themen, die auch in heutiger Zeit kaum zu finden sind. Für jeden Leser sowohl in Englisch als auch in Deutsch ein absolutes Muss!

I haven't seen the movie this book is based on up to now because I wanted to read the novel beforehand (as always). What I didn't know up to then was that the book came out after the movie was released. Ooopsie. Anyways, here's my review. Personally, I think that Dead Poets Society had a lot of potential because it has loveable characters, a setting I really liked and a story that had a deeper meaning. But ... it might have been the most undetailed book I've read in quite a while. Things happend without being explained and the characters were pretty flat due to the fact that there were no further details on their personality given. It's a 2.5* star rating really. If it would have been more detailed, I would have grown to like this book more than I do now.

Den Film - ein Meisterwerk , nicht nur dank des einzigartigen Meisters Robin Williams (RIP) - habe ich das letzte Mal vor Jahren geschaut. Der Film hat mich und ich denke nicht nur mich berührt & beschäftigt. Das Buch ist der Film, nur in Schriftform. Da ich den Film schon lange nicht mehr gesehen habe, war es trotzdem neu bzw. Die Charaktere hatten nicht mehr die Gesichter aus dem Film. Naja, zumindest die meisten. Robin Williams (Mr. Keating) und Robert S. Leonard (Neil) haben sich in meinem Kopf festgesetzt. Ich mag die Geschichte, weil sie so bittersüß ist. Auch, wie schon im Film wurde ich wieder zu Tränen gerührt. Ob Mr. Keating heute als Lehrer besser ins Schulsystem passen würde - I doubt it. Klar, hat sich im Vergleich zur Geschichte einiges verändert und verbessert. Aber wenn du gegen den Strom schwimmst und anders bist, bist du heute auch ein nicht gern gesehener Charakter. Was ich jetzt unbedingt machen muss: Den Film wieder anschauen. Buch: klare Empfehlung.

Ich liebe diese Geschichte. Ich kannte bisher nur den Film und habe nun endlich mal das Buch gelesen. N.H. Kleinbaum hat dieses anhand des Drehbuchs geschrieben, welches ursprünglich von Tom Schulman stammt. Das Buch gefiel mir ziemlich gut, jedoch kommt es in meinen Augen nicht an den Film ran.

Ich habe den Film geliebt, deswegen wollte ich auch unbedingt das Buch lesen. Doch leider konnte es mich nicht komplett überzeugen. Das Buch zeigt zwar eindrucksvoll das konservative Schulsystem in den amerikanischen 60ern und welche Folgen es auf die Schüler haben kann, wenn sie einem enormen Leistungsdruck ausgesetzt sind. Dennoch hatte ich das Gefühl, das die Charaktere und Situationen nur knapp angerissen und nicht genauer beschrieben, was ich sehr schade fand. Man hat gemerkt, dass das Buch nach dem Film verfasst wurde. Ansonsten ist es aber trotzdem sicherlich ein gutes Buch für Zwischendurch.

Ich kann leider nicht nachvollziehen, warum das Buch so gelobt wird. Es hat wohl eine gute Message, I guess, aber es ist schlecht geschrieben, z.T. unlogisch, sinnlos und manche Taten der Charaktere nicht nachvollziehbar. Der Film, auf dem das Buch basiert, soll wohl aber ganz gut sein

This book is not just about some random teenagers who went to a boarding school and like poetry in the late 50s. It’s about people who started to experience the beauty of literature and especially poems. It’s also about living your live and seeing things from different points of view. Of course the ending was super sad either the death of Neil and that mr Keating needed to go But it teach me a great lesson and I would recommend it to everyone.

so i read the book in one sitting and after that i watched the movie (never watched it before) and i loved both. i laughed, i cried, i loved it. BUT… i have to say that i didn’t understand some things. (spoilers from here) i did not get why in the book the scene in which knox overstreet is on chris' party was so sexual? in the movie he just kisses her on the forehead (which is still weird and not okay) but in the book he nearly touches her breasts without consent. also the scene in which charlie brings the two girls into the cave was so oversexualised for no reason. otherwise i have to say that i wished that some dialogue between todd/neil and their parents from the book would have been in the movie

I love this book!!! The vibe of the book is just as good as in the movie. Since the book only has about 160 pages, it only contains important parts of the story which never make it seem boring. It’s amazingly writing and very poetic (obviously) what makes me love it even more since I’m a huge fan of poetry. The scenes are very true to the movie, and the book even holds more scenes than the movie! Neil’s death is even more sudden in the book, which totally broke my heart, but everything just went on so fast and suddenly, the book was already over. The ending is one of my favorite parts of the book. You can feel the power the dead poets society holds over Mr Nolan to honor Mr Keating and their special bond. A masterpiece in and out. Definitely worths reading. I’d call it the perfect autumn read!!

Ich habe mir das Buch gekauft, weil ich den Film bereits ein paar Mal gesehen habe. Auch, wenn das Buch auf dem Film basiert, finde ich das Buch besser als den Film. Es spiegelt die Emotionen der Jungs transparenter dar und wirkt nicht so langatmig, wie der Film es an manchen Stellen tut. 3,5/5 Sternen.

*2.5 Stars. This was such a hard one to rate for me. The movie itself is one of my all time favorites, I just love love love it. This book, however, lacked all of the atmosphere, the charm and emotions of the film. It simply felt like somebody was just retelling the plot of Dead Poets Society. It failed to capture the essence of the movie and to be honest, in the novel I just didn't care for any of the characters, which made me really sad. DPS is a movie that heavily relies on the character constellation and each person's uniqueness, whereas the book didn't even try to sketch the basics of the boys' traits. I really had hoped the novel would add depth or more information or really anything to what we have seen in the movie, but I got disappointed. To point out one positive thing is that I could really see this working as teaching material, in combination with the movie, for learners of the English language. All in all, I just can't give this novel more than the above-mentioned 2.5 stars. If you have the choice between spending your time reading the book or rewatching the movie, I personally would recommend you to cuddle up, get a big cup of tea and watch the film.

I really enjoyed this book. In total it takes not more than 2 hours to finish it. All in all I love the psychological aspect in it and the technics their Teaches uses to help them find themselves and form their own mind and personality. Neil is my alltime fav comfortcharacter and I think we all cried because of him and his tragic ending...

*2.5 Stars. This was such a hard one to rate for me. The movie itself is one of my all time favorites, I just love love love it. This book, however, lacked all of the atmosphere, the charm and emotions of the film. It simply felt like somebody was just retelling the plot of Dead Poets Society. It failed to capture the essence of the movie and to be honest, in the novel I just didn't care for any of the characters, which made me really sad. DPS is a movie that heavily relies on the character constellation and each person's uniqueness, whereas the book didn't even try to sketch the basics of the boys' traits. I really had hoped the novel would add depth or more information or really anything to what we have seen in the movie, but I got disappointed. To point out one positive thing is that I could really see this working as teaching material, in combination with the movie, for learners of the English language. All in all, I just can't give this novel more than the above-mentioned 2.5 stars. If you have the choice between spending your time reading the book or rewatching the movie, I personally would recommend you to cuddle up, get a big cup of tea and watch the film.