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A review by andrewburgess
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
3.0
I started off really enjoying the story, but I feel like it devolved rather quickly into one dramatic sequence after another. I guess part of it is that I remember my freshman year of high school was pretty nondescript, and to read about someone that experienced more drama in one year than I went through in four years is difficult to believe.
I'm not saying that it's impossible, just highly improbable, and it took me out of the story a bit. But the different situations that the main character, Charlie, found himself in seemed well thought out and made me think through how I would have reacted.
One major gripe that I had was that Charlie seemed to cry way more than anyone I have ever met in my entire life. It irritated me that all of his crying seemed somehow normal or something because no-one ever ragged on him or anything. I'm pretty sure this would merit a fair amount of teasing in a typical high school.
I'd recommend giving this a look if you're into stories about teenage years, but just sort of pretend that it's stretched out over a longer time frame or something.
I'm not saying that it's impossible, just highly improbable, and it took me out of the story a bit. But the different situations that the main character, Charlie, found himself in seemed well thought out and made me think through how I would have reacted.
One major gripe that I had was that Charlie seemed to cry way more than anyone I have ever met in my entire life. It irritated me that all of his crying seemed somehow normal or something because no-one ever ragged on him or anything. I'm pretty sure this would merit a fair amount of teasing in a typical high school.
I'd recommend giving this a look if you're into stories about teenage years, but just sort of pretend that it's stretched out over a longer time frame or something.