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A review by lcmarie19
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
5.0
Absolutely IN LOVE with this book. I don't think I've cried so much (and laughed) in a while… Stephen Chbosky has such a way with words and emoting with those words. I really liked the style he decided to us (the note/letters from Charlie). For me, it personalized the reading experience and I really did feel like Charlie was talking to me. Telling me his deepest and darkest secrets.
Prior to reading this book, I had a friend of mine tell me that this book changed his life. And the first thing I thought was "Yeah, right. I'm sure it will do nothing like that for me." I should probably just shut up from now on. There are things that happened in this story that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I mean, I personally didn't go through any of the things that Charlie and his friends went through, but I can sympathize with their experiences.
Charlie, who I will forever picture as a young Logan Lerman, was such an adorably naive teenager. He just had so much to learn about life, school, women, everything. And this book walked me through his interpretation of it all. You could definitely tell that he lived quite the sheltered life, with having most the attention in his household be on his older brother and sister. Especially the older brother, who went on to be a college football player. Charlie easily slid under the radar because he was such a good kid.
The book takes us through his first year of high school and how he acclimates, or tries to, to the changes. He meets Sam and Patrick, who ended up having some of the biggest influence in Charlie's life. Some negative, some positive. But all of it, necessary.
I won't spoil any of the book because this is honestly one of those books where even a single spoiler is doing the reader a HUGE disservice. It would ruin the purity of emotion to spoil it. But I will say that there are so many relevant social issues throughout this tale. From mental health, to sexual abuse, to drug use, to LGBT, to alcoholism. Stephen Chbosky was in a beautiful state of mind when he crafted this story.
Definitely, without a doubt, one of the best books I've ever read.
Prior to reading this book, I had a friend of mine tell me that this book changed his life. And the first thing I thought was "Yeah, right. I'm sure it will do nothing like that for me." I should probably just shut up from now on. There are things that happened in this story that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I mean, I personally didn't go through any of the things that Charlie and his friends went through, but I can sympathize with their experiences.
Charlie, who I will forever picture as a young Logan Lerman, was such an adorably naive teenager. He just had so much to learn about life, school, women, everything. And this book walked me through his interpretation of it all. You could definitely tell that he lived quite the sheltered life, with having most the attention in his household be on his older brother and sister. Especially the older brother, who went on to be a college football player. Charlie easily slid under the radar because he was such a good kid.
The book takes us through his first year of high school and how he acclimates, or tries to, to the changes. He meets Sam and Patrick, who ended up having some of the biggest influence in Charlie's life. Some negative, some positive. But all of it, necessary.
I won't spoil any of the book because this is honestly one of those books where even a single spoiler is doing the reader a HUGE disservice. It would ruin the purity of emotion to spoil it. But I will say that there are so many relevant social issues throughout this tale. From mental health, to sexual abuse, to drug use, to LGBT, to alcoholism. Stephen Chbosky was in a beautiful state of mind when he crafted this story.
Definitely, without a doubt, one of the best books I've ever read.