Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

258 reviews

bugspillow's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Drug use

Moderate: Mental illness and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

kadams2319's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

re read this to see if middle school me was right to call it my favorite book for so long. emphatically, yes. absolutely incredible and devastating and beautiful. i think there’s a bit of Charlie in all of us

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual assault

Minor: Racism and Domestic abuse

emsemce123's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A lesson on the importance of being present in the moment and taking action and not just being a wallflower. A story about a kid named Charlie and his first year of high school, making friends, discovering books and music and drugs, first relationships and forst loves, and dealing with his family and learning about something he's kept repressed for so long. It's funny in its small moments without ever sacrificing it's sincerity, and though my adolescence was very unlike Charlie's I'm almost positive everyone who was ever a freshman can relate to one or more characters and situations in this book. I wouldn't say it makes me nostalgic and while I wouldn't say it's a particularly happy story (it is but it's not only a happy story if you catch my drift) there's something to be gained from reading this. Especially if you never have. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

longlegegg's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Suicide, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Incest, Pedophilia, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Hate crime, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Incest

Minor: Body shaming, Grief, Death, and Cursing

gracedunne's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Grief, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

karroll's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Thought this was a typical YA novel until the end made my jaw drop. Heartbreaking and beautiful, this book captures the tumultuous teenage years.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Suicide

solliereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I think this might be one of the most beautifully and brilliantly written coming-of-age stories that I've ever read, and I truly believe that it will haunt me for the rest of my life. 

I loved the format of a story being told through letters to a mysterious person, whom we never discover the identity of, I feel like it gives the story a truly unique feeling to it that wouldn't be the same if it was written through a typical narrative. Charlie's complexity unfolded like the petals of a flower, delicately and with grace, and his story really moved me - when I reached the halfway point, I found myself physically unable to put the book down until I'd finished it, and even then I was left wanting more. In a good way. This book both spoke to the teenage version of myself inside of me who is still longing for acceptance and a space just to be, and the adult version of myself who found both of those things. 

Thank you, Charlie, for your story and thank you, Chbosky, for letting me be a listener to it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Drug use, Alcohol, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Child abuse

buud_w0rm's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Now I understand why this was so popular. I was feening to know who Charlie was writing to but the story was very compelling. Some of the really serious parts felt rushed but they did still pack a punch. Iykyk 

So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know most of them. But even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.

I adored having music, books and movies recommended through Bill. I definitely tuned in while reading the letters and was immersed even more. Just for fun I’ll try to read the books Bill assigned him :)Definitely something I’d come back to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Abortion, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Homophobia

Minor: Outing and Domestic abuse

thegracefulpal's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Drug use

Minor: Child abuse

joeynystrom's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Suicide