Forrest Gump
by Winston Groom
Taste attributes: comedydramahistoricalfresh & originallightrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringfool triumphantunderdog triumphsunlikely connections
Boxlist takeAn expansive comic novel, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
A man named Forest Gump sits at a bus stop and tells everyone about his life. It starts in a doctor's office when he gets leg braces. Then he goes to school where he meets Jenny, and his entire school career and football. Then it goes on to college football. then to Vietnam where he meets bubba. then bubba dies and forest saves a whole platoon. After the war forest gets a medal of honor and runs across America.
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- Author
- Winston Groom
- Published
- 1986
- Pages
- 245
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- Open Library
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