Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

150 reviews

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

I absolutely love this book. It’s charming and informative to anyone who have never experienced mental illnesses. Would recommend as a coming of age book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

renny_59's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

Literally the best book I’ve ever read. It is written in the form of letters and it makes the story and characters feel much more personal. Charlie is the narrator and he’s honestly so relatable. I have never felt more understood by anyone real or fictional than Charlie, and no one really understands him either. I suggest getting the copy with the 2012 bonus letter because Chbosky addresses this. This book taught me how to break out of my comfort zone and it’s honestly given me so much encouragement. The story is so complex yet so simple at the same time, I don’t even know how to explain it. Like, it’s really serious but his way of telling us about things make it so much easier to think about. It’s funny and sad and is written extremely well. Charlie is young and the writing reflects this, which makes it an easier book to read. The characters are fun and are all people you could see in real life. I’d also recommend listening to the songs Charlie references. Personally it helped me understand him more as a character and I actually really liked the music that was mentioned. Music has played a huge role in my life so it was really cool to see that in a book as well. I could easily read this book over and over it’s just that good.

Also, the movie doesn’t do it justice (at least not in my opinion)

So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.
I guess I’m pretty emotional.
Charlie, we accept the love we think we deserve.
Then, I turned around and walked to my room and closed my door and put my head under my pillow and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Homophobia

cait's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

beetle02's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

3.75

pretty good, would recommend with some content warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Violence, Medical content, Abortion, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Rape, Grief, and Alcohol

This is a content warning that's a spoiler but i feel like it's important to address

molestation

anyway it's a good book! i feel like it's a must read i felt attached to charlie, in fact i was in a airplane reading this and i cried.

perksofbeingvie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction and Homophobia

teaofleaves's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Minor: Racism, Car accident, Abortion, and Pregnancy

cateemma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Outing

Minor: Physical abuse

evm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Ame este libro. Muy fácil de leer. Se muestra claramente y muy bien como es la vida de un adolescente con trauma y con una enfermedad mental.
Charlie tiene mi corazón, y es una historia que va a quedar en mi mente por mucho tiempo 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, and Abortion

luvdivy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Rape

Minor: Addiction and Toxic relationship

howlsmovingmushroom's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Sexual content, and Alcohol