Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

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

66 reviews

hannah_m_g's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

I don’t think i’ve ever given a book five stars before so i am very hesitant about this but i don’t think four stars would do justice to how this book - and mainly how charlie, the mc - made me feel. i can’t put it into words just yeah. 10/10. i actually laughed out loud every now and then, cried a bit, but mainly spent the whole time smiling gently to myself because i felt like i was reading excerpts of my own diary. i don’t think i’ve ever read a first person narrative i resonated with so much, and yet felt in awe of the way charlie managed to far outdo my internal monologue. so many lines were just so poetic and yet so simple, completely heartbreaking and yet with no large philosophical poetry. the characters and story felt largely genuine, if a *little* too good to be true/larger than life, but only slightly and very rarely.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Outing

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Car accident, and Alcohol

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

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

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

odetojersey's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

My favorite book of all time. I always cry at the end, I feel such a strong connection to Charlie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lachrymoseleech's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I think these are the type of characters that stick with me for years. I related too much to Charlie and felt a deep connection. It felt like he was talking to me and I realize that was the purpose because of how they’re written in letters. It was a really beautifully heartbreaking story. I hope that Charlie is in a better place right now and being himself. I hope he has all the love he desires

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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? Yes

5.0

This wasn’t perfect but it was supremely better than i was expecting and made me feel a lot of feels i wasn’t expecting to feel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

annavdd's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism

jegulus4life's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted 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? No

5.0

I just think that it’s a really well done coming of age story for people who dont feel like they got  ‘the teenaged’ experience ig 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

turtleduckiess's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

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