jellybeans707 's review for:

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

4.5

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is my 4th or 5th reread but for whatever reason this time it hit me really hard. In a good way, I feel some relief that I am not alone and things can get better for me. There is a particular part of the book that I have a very similar experience to and reading that just gave me so much comfort. Like yea someone else can just have their whole friend group just disappear on them one day and the loneliness of that is shattering. Thank you again Charlie, I promise I’ll never forget you. 💕💖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Medical content, Abortion