Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

390 reviews

macliffe's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

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Wow this book will ruin your day. But it might be worth it, depending on who you are. Too much sexual content for my liking, but I really liked the way mental illness and trauma were depicted. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual violence, Abortion

Minor: Physical abuse, Medical content, Car accident, Pregnancy

chloebdiehm's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Great book and storytelling. It's an epistolary novel which is cool because everything is literally written by Charlie.

The book really brushed over the fact that Charlie was essentially groomed and sexually assaulted by Patrick and Sam, who were both 3 years older than him and much more mature and experienced.

If you can handle some frequent discomfort, then I think that this is a great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia, Grief

Minor: Car accident

unshelfishbookworm's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment

chloelea03's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional inspiring reflective

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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If I read this back in high school I probably would have given it 5 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism

ravalyn's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I'm having a hard time finding the right words to describe how real, deep, beautiful and wise this book is, so instead I will just say: everyone should aim to feel infinite more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Abortion

Minor: Domestic abuse, Racism, Alcohol

bellareiber's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief

its_lydia's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I would like to be Charlie's friend. To talk and listen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt

soph_phelaef's review against another edition

4.75

emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia, Suicide

millapreller_2008's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

galliardbard's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is probably the best novel that I have ever read. I honestly have never related to a character more than I relate to Charlie, such a genuine protrayal of mental illness and trauma. So many lines just gave a voice to feelings that I have had all my life but never had the words to describe. I relate to Charlie in a lot of ways, he's at a time in his recovery that he doesn't really seem to know what's happening to him or why he is different from his classmates but knows that he is. This was essentially how I grew up, knowing that I acted different and reacted differently than any of my classmates but because I was getting good grades no one really questioned it. I was just "quirky" like how most people react to Charlie through out the novel. Its been a while since I've read something that I have had such an intimate connection with and this was oddly theraputic to read despite being so close to some of the specific traumas in the novel, having several moments in my life that are almost a play by play of scenes that Charlie went through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Outing, Toxic friendship