Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

190 reviews

lightthebeam's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

This book is a classic for a reason. The characters are endearing, I love the overarching premise of an outcast writing letters as the narrative pov. The cast felt complex their problems and dialogue all felt real. I read this in a few hours, it was a wonderful read. I love the way the characters talked to each other. The dialogue was an absolute strong point. I think my only complaints are it just felt like some points had an unnecessary amount of time devoted to them while other side plots didn’t end up being resolved. The ending felt very rushed to me. The epilogue helped a bit but in my mind that’s cheating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicide, Abortion, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Hate crime, and Mental illness

star_long27's review against another edition

emotional sad

3.5

For once the movie was better (painted a better picture) while the book has more details of events

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Child abuse

hints of SA, abuse, abortion, homophobia & suicidal thoughts

hansenillustrations's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Bullying, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

myclutteredbookshelf's review against another edition

3.5

You are loved always, Charlie (despite your love of The Fountainhead). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse

tsunami935's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Sexual assault and Adult/minor relationship

alexmall029's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

sleepyochre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Car accident

violetbentbackwards1036's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Medical content, Sexual content, Grief, Rape, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Outing, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Suicide

kiwij96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional lighthearted 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

4.5

A super easy read with the writing being in the form of letters. It follows Charlie's first year in high school after the suicide of one of his friends and how he copes with navigating a new school without his previous group of friends.

The story is emotional. Charlie has experienced a lot of trauma in his life but doesn't believe he has, and has desensitised himself to it by saying "other people have it worse". This eventually leads him into crisis after remembering a specific traumatic event. 

This is a story of friendship, first love, heartbreak and self-discovery. It is also one of trauma and mental health issues, and deals with some heavy themes at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, Drug use, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Car accident, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Rape

Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Child abuse, and Sexual content

mooonyaa's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Adult/minor relationship