Iris says:

Reading this book is required for my school district’s health course, and that is the only reason I read it. The Jarretts, a wealth suburban family, are torn apart when the older son dies in a boating accident. The frigid cow of a wife closes herself off from everyone else, while the son goes to see the ‘wacky’ psychotherapist Doctor Berger, who is incredibly irritating that I was tempted to skip every chapter he appeared in. Everything else in the book is just boring.

The characters are all obnoxious, with the possible exception of the father, and if I had the choice I would drown them all. If you want to read a novel about teen issues, there are others out there that are much more worthy of your money and attention.
Rating: 1 / 5

Anonymous says:

Ordinary People is an atrocious book. The subject matter is morbid, the flashbacks of the boating accident are incomprehensible, the dialogue will put you to sleep, and there’s even a pre-marital sex scene between our emo protagonist, Conrad, and that skank, Jeaninne. Conrad’s parents have to be the worst in the world. The mother is a recluse who bottles up her feelings around her son and his supportive father is a borderline alcoholic. I was forced to read this book in high school and it just made me feel depressed and disgusted. Please, stay as far away from this book as possible.
Rating: 1 / 5

Sam Anderson says:

This book is not at all interesting. I cannot get into it. This book, in my opinion, is not exciting enough to read, especially 263 pages.
Rating: 1 / 5