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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

320 reviews

leefox's review against another edition

5.0

challenging 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

A better version of catcher in rye. i see so much of myself in Charlie when i was in high school

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prongsxreads's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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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mollythebibliophile's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad 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

This whole book is a trigger warning. There are many, so please be cautious. This book still holds up, even ten years after I originally read it. It’s an emotionally difficult read, but it’s worth it.

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sarahrhamlin's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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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airr's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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reubengood's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A classic LGBTQIA+ story with a shocking ending.

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jhbandcats's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

Very hard book to read as it deals with depression, confusion of first love, feelings of isolation, sexual assault, homophobia, among other difficult and confounding issues. But because many of those issues are so universal (the depression, isolation, and first love, if nothing else), it’s easy to empathize with the characters, especially the narrator Charlie.

Charlie has always been a friendless outcast. He figures his high school experience will be the same but instead he makes friends with some seniors and develops a close relationship with a mentoring English teacher. The book shows Charlie’s struggles to navigate high school while doing his best to be true to himself and supportive to his friends. The love, joy, and anguish of being a teenager are palpable.

Beautifully written, warm, and bittersweet, this is a truly lovely book.

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miss_granger07's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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natalie_j's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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ktpickles's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

holy shit!!! i cried probably every 20 pages. i’ve seen the movie and finally decided to read- boy, was that a great decision. it was inspiring in a not-corny way, and even at times when it was corny, i didn’t mind it. this book was so difficult to put down. it’s definitely in my top three now.

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