Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Perks of Being a Wallflower: 20th Anniversary Edition by Stephen Chbosky

116 reviews

elleisntabell's review against another edition

4.5

I did not expect to like this book, so the fact that I'm here giving it a 4 star that is closer to a 5 than it has any right to be is crazy. But it was good. Seriously.

There are aspects of it that I really don't like, aspects of it that feel outdated, but luckily nothing inherently malicious. Regardless, I think it's really great, and I can't quite express why.
I definitely acknowledge that it's not gonna work for everyone though.

I think the fact that Chbosky is primarily a screenwriter is really obvious. It gives this book a quality that I can't quite explain, but it is something that a really liked. 

Anyway, I can clearly not speak of this book in any way that isn't vague, so I'll end it here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Alcohol, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual violence, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Medical content, Sexual assault, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

annabelreadsandwrites's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, Abortion, Medical trauma, Drug use, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, and Child abuse

Minor: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Car accident, and Bullying

trybngr8tv007's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Car accident, Drug abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Cursing, Death, Self harm, Child abuse, Drug use, Abortion, Alcohol, Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Violence

gabriel_dingle's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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

Basically The Catcher in the Rye if The Catcher in the Rye was actually good. Charlie is a fascinating and loveable character and him and his friends are incredibly deep and well written. Reading this novel really feels like you are taking a look into someone’s life. The gay representation in this novel is fantastic, especially considering it was still a taboo thing to write about when this novel was published. This is a must read for (especially) teenagers and adults alike, who like slice of life or growing up stories about loss of innocence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Cursing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Grief, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicide, Racism, Addiction, and Bullying

Many of the above topics are explored in a disturbing manner.

teriodvarkova88's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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

this book is exactly what the description says and i think everyone should read this book especially if you are a teenager

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Cursing, Rape, Bullying, Alcohol, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Drug use, Grief, Alcoholism, Death, Abortion, Racism, Addiction, Homophobia, and Mental illness

urmominmybed69's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

really good but not the best thing i've ever read but a lot of parts of it are completely genius and crazy interesting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Cursing, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence and Rape

Minor: Abortion

emilymbrown's review against another edition

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

my genuine favorite book in the world. reading it every winter is so special to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug use, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Death, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Rape

sunshine_ng's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Bullying, Mental illness, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

booksalacarte's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

I’m including trigger warnings because I had NO idea what was covered in this book.

Child abuse, Sexual abuse, Rape, Pedophelia, Molestation, Drug use, Alcohol abuse, Incest, Homophobia, Bullying, Suicide/suicidal thoughts, Grief, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorder, Mental illness, Addiction

Hate crime, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalism

How did I miss this book? How is this the first time I’ve read it?! I was doubtful about what value could be gone over in a book so small, and I am so glad that I was wrong. It wasn’t a book that I enjoyed, per say, but how it was able to pack so much punch is why I gave it 5 stars. 

I was drawn in by the journal/letter style of storytelling. The voice of the MC, Charlie, was immature and naive for a high school freshman. It’s the first clue that something isn’t quite right. As the story progresses you hear about him making friends, going to high school parties, trying alcohol and drugs and crushing on a senior and first girlfriends. 

I would say that this is a book for ages 15+ , because of content maturity.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Grief, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Outing, Bullying, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Vomit, Gaslighting, Addiction, Child abuse, Mental illness, Incest, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Abortion

country_book_worm's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, and Terminal illness