Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

54 reviews

lenas_books's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Addiction, Abortion, Infidelity, and Grief

Minor: Violence and Abortion

laurendenton's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Bullying, Grief, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Rape

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, and Sexism

duni's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

i am emotional 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

gemma7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

I didn't expect to like this book as much as I did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Abortion, Bullying, Child abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Racism, Self harm, and Sexual content

chloevienna's review against another edition

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Abortion, and Racism

Minor: Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

cdt96's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

A great book, emotional coming if age. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

poppyisabelle's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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

it was quite hard to get into during part 1 (even though the movie is one of my all time favourites) because of the pacing and also really ??? uncomfortable ??? scenes ??? like when a guy tries to fuck his gf with charlie in the room. but ultimately i loved it because, well, i already loved these characters and i’ve already spent atleast 2 hours of my life crying at the last 20 minutes of the movie across different rewatches. the writing style seemed to get increasingly better throughout the book (i think this was intentional as charlie was improving as a writer through his essays for his english teacher) overall this book and movie makes me sad as shit and although i understand why people wouldnt like this book, i did enjoy it and i am glad i finally decided to read it. love u paul rudd <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion and Car accident

oreo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, and Infidelity

vvsmydiamonds's review against another edition

challenging dark informative 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

5.0

It's such a wonderful book. I love Charlie and his honesty. The way he writes/speaks is so raw and makes everything feel significant coming from him. I wish I could read his papers. I wish I could tell him he's special. Reading the book (and watching the movie!) brings me this innate sense of comfort that few things in life can achieve. Nothing else compares to The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Sexual content

burnyayhayley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Reading this as an adult is wildly different from when I read it as a 14 year old. But I appreciate it more now, and I can see how well it was crafted as a story and the character of Charlie himself. It's actually brilliant. But geez it's fucking sad. 10/10 excellent book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Bullying, Drug use, Grief, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Death, and Sexual assault