The Perks of Being a Wallflower (edit title)

• Rated 5 stars

“An amazing, amazing, AMAZING book. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is the story of a 16 year old named "Charlie". He is writing letters to someone he doesn't know about his life because he has no one else to talk to anymore, after his Aunt Helen's death. It is the story of a 16 year old freshman in high school growing up, but there is way more to the story then just that. In this book you watch Charlie grow from being a nobody, to gaining friends that he will never forget in his entire life, and come from not knowing who he is, to finding out his true self. I recommend this book to ANYONE. It is such an amazing book and definitely one of my favorites.
My favorite scene in the book is when Charlie is in Sam's car with Sam and Patrick at the very end of the book. This sums up Charlie's whole freshman year and how much his friends and everything else he learned and was introduced to means to him. It really is a great way to end the book and end Charlie's year.
I also love the scene towards the middle of the book when Sam, Patrick, and Charlie are in Sam's car driving through the tunnel and feel "infinite". That moment was extremely special to Charlie and is something he will never forget in his entire life.
My third and last favorite scene was when Charlie sees Brad calling Patrick a "faggot" and Patrick start a fight with him and his friends. Charlie runs over and starts beating all the guys who were hitting Patrick. This really showed true friendship and how much of a true friend Patrick is to Charlie and Charlie is to Patrick.”

• Rated 4 stars

“A pretty good book. I was really sick of the kid saying "incidentally" but it got better the more I read it. I was pretty surprised at the ending to be honest and it was good. A real page turner, I went through this book in about 2.5 days.”

• Rated 0 stars

“I really liked this book, It was sad and good and funny all at the same time! I liked Charlie a lot but at the same time I felt bad for him especially at the end. It was more of a book I could relate too. Because Afteral, I am a high school student although i am not going through the same things Charlie went through. ”

• Rated 2 stars

“Recommended ages 12 and up.
I didn't really like this book. The format is in letters from this boy who's a freshman in high school to "a friend." He's depressed and he thinks a lot. He actually just seems pretentious to me. Like he's trying to be smarter than he actually is. And he is smart, but it feels like the author is trying too hard.”

• Rated 5 stars

“M.H.
This is a great book. A boy named charlie is going through a rough time. One of his very close friends named Michael has just died. Not a lot of people show up to pay thier respects but the people that did really liked him. After this Charlie trys to go on having a normal life but it is hard because he is only 15 and he is hanging out with older kids. They are about 3 years older than him. Their names are Patrick "Nothing" and Sam. Charlie starts to like Sam a lot but he doesn't think she likes him back. He is going to a lot of parties and trying to get more socially active like his English teacher told him to. But at his first party he goes to he is in for more than he expects. He eats a special brownie and they are older kids so you must know what king of brownie it was. But if you dont know what it is its a pot brownie. now he is stoned and he finds little hidden secrets that no one must know about and he know becomes a wallflower. As time goes on he learns more and more and his knowledge. This is a trulely great book to read. Anyone that loves to read a little mystery and suspense then this will be good and it also has a little action. There are many catigories that this book could go under. A reason why this may have been banned is because of language and homesexuality activities and more adult content. People that just like to read a good book in thier spare time should read this book!!!!”

• Rated 0 stars

“Britni Waller:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky was published in 1999. Recently, it has been challenged by parents in Fayetteville, Arkansas. A group of parents have organized and formed Parents Protecting the Minds of Children, or PPMC. The PPMC has listed the Perks of Being a Wallflower amongst their 34 other books to be removed from Fayetteville High School library. The PPMC objects to the profane language and depictions of sexuality within the novel. The PPMC has also accused the school librarians and their opponents of promoting homosexual agenda, obscene descriptions of sex, oral sex, and rape to students.

I thought the book was an intriguing read beause of it's outsider-looking-in perspective. In fact, once I started it, I couldn't put it down and finished it in 4 hours straight. Charlie is a boy who is writing letter's to an unknown "friend" who he had heard would be there to listen to him. Charlie is telling this friend about the truths within his high school world, which could really be almost any high school in America, as they all have similar problems. Charlie is a very intelligent child, who loves to read and observe. He sort of becomes an independent study student with his teacher, Bill. Bill takes a special interest in Charlie and gives him extra books to read and write about, and encourages Charlie to participate more in life, rather than sit back and think and observe life. Only through Charlie's innocent eyes are we able to see what it's like for a boy to crush on a girl but never have a shot, because he never comes out of the wallpaper. We, as readers, feel sorry for him when he takes LSD and is dizzy for days. We want him to just stop smoking already, because it's not good for him. We wish everything would work out for him and Sam, because he deserves to have something good in his life. And lastly, we wish we had someone who was that good of a friend for ourselves, but yet we know that if we did have him, we would think the same thing - why can't he speak up and be much more opinionated, rather than sit back and get stepped on all the time! I liked the book from Charlie's perspective, and you grow to love him. As for those who believe it should be banned from high schoolers, they should consder the fact that most high schoolers are no longer a blank canvas and already have some sort of influence. They can choose to be above any sort of influence, whether it's coming from their life or a book.”

• Rated 4 stars

“This is a very lovable narrative. I adore the way the author chose to tell the story, through letters the character was sending. I think it made it more honest and easier to attach yourself to. Some of the situations are very funny because of the main character's innocence in all of it. Despite the rest of that, I was slightly unimpressed with the ending and the message. It was good that the character was able to uncover something about himself, but I didn't feel like there was hardly any character growth as time went on in the book. The character did learn a few things along the way, I just don't normally like characters that are too angsty.”

• Rated 3 stars

“a reminiscent of the Catcher in the Rye by Salinger.. it's a good book but it kinda drags in some parts.. it gets really interesting though towards the end. I love how this book suggests interesting books to read, i.e To Kill a Mocking Bird and other titles, I am actually going to haunt those books mentioned here and read them..”

• Rated 0 stars

“The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky was published on February 1, 1999. This book was challenged in November 2004 by a group of Wisconsin parents. students were assigned to read this book but parents didn't like its use of adolescent sexuality and frequent drinking and drug use. Although they signed a consent form the parents of one previously home schooled student later stated that the book was against their morals and found it inappropriate for minors. Not only the author but many teachers and educators found it was unfair for one family to decided that the whole student body can't read this book. I found this book very entertaining and would highly recommend it to others. Although some parents would feel that this book is to blunt for their child to be reading it paints a good picture of how some high school students really act.”

• Rated 4 stars

“One of the most original books I have read in a long time. ”