The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The character the reader gets to know the best is of course Charlie. I felt I had a good sense of Patrick and Sam from the way Charlie described them and his emotions towards them. I liked that the book was written in forms of letters, made it more personal, but it also included actual dialogue so it was a good mixture. I felt Charlie was overly naive but I will give the writer the benefit of a doubt and assume it's a different time period and a different person, maybe some kids were that naive. I felt I was a lot like Charlie, a lurker/observer watching everyone else live life in high school. I ended up really enjoying the book because even though I have passed that age I can still remember what it was like from reading the book. It's about people in high school and the turmoil of emotions they go though, been there done that, I've moved on. When I first started The Perks of Being a Wallflower I didn't expect to like it.

Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.Ī years-long #1 New York Times bestseller, an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and Best Book for Reluctant Readers, and with millions of copies in print, this novel for teen readers (or “wallflowers” of more-advanced age) will make you laugh, cry, and perhaps feel nostalgic for those moments when you, too, tiptoed onto the dance floor of life. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. First dates, family drama, and new friends. The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky, Perks follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. Now a major motion picture starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a funny, touching, and haunting modern classic.

Read the cult-favorite coming-of-age story that takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky