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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

54 reviews

lydias1's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

5.0

One of my favourite books; a treat to re-read. I love it so much and it feels so comfortable to read it. It makes me feel so seen and accepted - even when I don’t relate to the characters I feel like I can bring my whole self to this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Drug use, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, and Child abuse

Moderate: Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Grief

Minor: Car accident and Infidelity

rory_john14's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual violence, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Alcohol, Grief, Misogyny, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion, Car accident, Eating disorder, Medical content, Pregnancy, Incest, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Dementia, Emotional abuse, Racism, Vomit, Child death, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

gitruz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Incest, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts

ava_jpg's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.5

tell me why I already knew the plot and still cried my eyes out. wtf is up w that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Homophobia, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Abortion, Racism, Grief, and Medical content

mirireads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Mental illness, Suicide, Abortion, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Pedophilia

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Incest, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

maeveh's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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

5.0

This was an amazing book I loved reading it.Charlie is such a loveable and empathetic character 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Homophobia, Drug use, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Car accident

Moderate: Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Incest, Abortion, and Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity, Alcoholism, Racism, Bullying, and Pedophilia

liri_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

Possibly one of the best books I'll read in my entire life. This book is perfect at showing us how all the characters are imperfect and have unique experiences, to the point where I actually felt deep sonder. I found Charlie and his thought process to be quite relatable at times, and I really enjoyed the epistolary format of the book. I also liked how it dealt with serious topics because, despite being serious, sometimes they barely got a few pages if it didn't really affect Charlie which, to me, felt interestingly realistic, as sometimes we just brush past or move on from morbid spectacles with quite ease. Overall, I loved this book and would recommend this book to all of my friends 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Homophobia, Mental illness, Alcohol, Rape, Cursing, and Drug use

Moderate: Death, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Racism

Minor: Car accident and Infidelity

leefox's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

A better version of catcher in rye. i see so much of myself in Charlie when i was in high school

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Infidelity, and Sexual content

somelibrarychick's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Infidelity, Abortion, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Mental illness

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicide

beckyyreadss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I wanted to read this book because I feel like everyone has read this book. My friends kindly gifted me this book for my birthday this year. Let's just say that the ending of this book saved it.  

This novel follows an observant wallflower Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant rollercoaster days known as growing up. This is a young adult contemporary fiction that focuses on mental health. 

I love Charlie, throughout this whole book, I just wanted to hug him and let him know it’s okay. Me reading this as a twenty-two-year-old and still trying to navigate through life, understands Charlie and understands how difficult school can be. I feel like if I read this any younger, I probably wouldn’t have understood it as much. I loved the letters style of writing where it feels like Charlie is opening up to you, but I would have loved to actually know who he was writing the letters to, like Bill or his Aunt Helen or someone. I did struggle to get into this just as the book is split into four parts rather than chapters. But it’s only a small book that I managed to finish it relatively quickly.  

This book was a tense read, but it definitely pulled on the heart-strings. I would definitely check the trigger warnings before you read this book as it is definitely a bit gruesome and can be very triggering for some people.  I think anyone who ever feels like a wallflower should read this book. I rated this book three stars just because I was expecting more. I’ve seen all the reviews and it just didn’t live up to my expectations - I just wanted more. I would take another book of Charlie as an adult and to see what happened with Sam and Patrick and the gang. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Car accident, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, and Abortion