The Perks of Being a Wallflower (edit title)

• Rated 5 stars

“AMAZING book! I read it in a single day because I literally could not put it down. I completely connected with this entire story and nearly every character in it. An absolute must read.”

• Rated 5 stars

“This book would be great for a unit on letter writing. This book is very vague about the when, where and who of the story so this would be a good opportunity for students to use their own imagination to determine what the missing pieces of the story are. It would be a cool activity to have the students write their own letter to Charlie.”

• Rated 4 stars

“loved this book....i think i shed a tear or two for Charlie. great friendships too. good read!”

• Rated 5 stars

“This is probably one of the most amazing books I've ever read. It's told in the perspective of a teenage freshman at high school (Charlie) over the course of the year. It talks about just about everything that affects teenagers from drugs and alcohol to sexuality and love. He goes through this year being affected by many things and vividly describing them in his journal as he observes them. Honestly, this book affected me in some way. It made me see how simple things in life can go a long way and how they are truly just great things. The simple language that 'Charlie' writes in takes away from the pompous self-image that writers create for themselves nowadays, and just makes way for a great story. After reading this and logging it into Shelfari, I just had to take away the stars from most of my other reviews, because in comparison to this story, they're nothing special. Anyone who wants to have a great description of teenage years as they are, should read this story. Everyone should read this story. ”

• Rated 5 stars

“I enjoyed reading this book. I couldn"t get my face out of it. The book was real life. I can relate some part of my life to the book”

• Rated 5 stars

“This is my most favorite book of all time. It really is the best book I have ever read. I loved every minute of it and couldn't put it down. I felt really attached to the main character, Charlie, and my heart ached for him when he was upset. This book includes controversial topics like sexuality, drug use, and suicide. They are issues that affect nearly everyone, and this book is really honest about all of them. It doesn't hide anything and it really touches your heart. I wouldn't just say that this is a good book and that everyone would enjoy it. It really is a book that everyone should read and it teaches the reader a lot.”

• Rated 5 stars

“So I'm only 11 pages in but I really like it. As I've said before I love books written in letters, this one is even more interesting becuase its entierly one sided. Its a slightly odd writing style because I'm guessing that Charlie (the main character) is only 15ish (that's how old you are when you start high school, right?).

Page 18, what sort of a word is "corpulent" for a fifteen year old to be using? I don't like it when I have to google definitions of words half way through reading, it breaks the flow :(

Man I love that episode of M*A*S*H.

Actualfax crying now, its nearly happend a couple of times in the book but the poem has done it [3 I think I'm going to write it out and put it on my wall.

I just don't even know where to continue. I've finished now and kind of just want to sit and think for a bit.
It's funny cause I didn't think id be able to relate to a story from a 15/16 year old's point of view, and I do so preferr 3rd person stories to 1st, but the letters format really helped the story along. It confused me somewhat towards the end because I don't tend to "get" a lot of subtlty in plots etc but it did really move me in some ways.
I especially liked the insight it gave me into what a boy's mind might be going through at the same time that mine was worried about going into my final year of "proper school" & then going to 6th form at around the same age as this kid was starting high school.
I'm not one for stories that aren't set now/in the recent past but this bought a sense of nostalgia for the early ninties that I kind of remember. I was 2/3 in 91/92 so I just barely remember it, but I do just enough for the book to bring back a sense of something from back then.
Over all I loved it very much, even the oddly short sentances, strange phrasing and americanisms didn't put me off. An amazing book.”

• Rated 4 stars

“This was a lot like Catcher in the Rye.”

• Rated 5 stars

“A really good, quick read about a 16 year old boy named Charlie in his first year of high school. He's been through a lot for how young he is, and he begins writing to an unknown person, kind of like a diary entry only to a real person. He's some what of an outcast and he doesn't have very good social skills. He's quiet and very emotional, but he's loyal and he doesn't like hurting people's feelings. With Charlie there's no baggage, he's very blunt and he always speaks his mind.

Over all i really enjoyed the book. It was funny and sad, and it had real problems that a teenager in the present would be dealing with. ”

• Rated 0 stars

“In this book, the main character, a freshmen boy named Charlie. Charlie writes letters to an unknown person about his realizations and what is taking place in his life has he explores high school. In the end has he slowly gets comforable with his life as he discovers a secret that had haunted him throughout the book. This book is moving.
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