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A review by benindem
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
4.0
Relationships: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
Execution: 4/5
Concept: 4/5
Impact: 5/5
This was an insane read. And it very literally destroyed me.
Had me crying three times in one night, over the fact that just like Charlie's fun high school year would come to an end, mine would too, and it would end with my brother leaving.
It also sent me into a whirl about what high school was meant to be. Cause I know for a fact, this stuff happens. And it's screwed that it does, but it does and Perks of Being a Wallflower puts it out there.
This was honestly a bad things happens, and it sucks, and I'm sorry, but it happens, type of book. It was honest, it was sad, and it was happy. And it was honestly just kids trying to make the best of their own semi-miserable lives.
These are the kids who sent special who don't really seem like they're meant for something. The rejects, the wallflowers, the odd ones out.
It paints teenage years in a strangely perfect clarity, that gives way to the most relatable characters.
This was a sad book and finding out what happened to Charlie made it so horribly sad, but it was a happy book, of growing, filled with characters so real they seemed to be real.
I would love to reread it, but I wonder that if I do, if I'll be able to keep going after it.
Characters: 5/5
Execution: 4/5
Concept: 4/5
Impact: 5/5
This was an insane read. And it very literally destroyed me.
Had me crying three times in one night, over the fact that just like Charlie's fun high school year would come to an end, mine would too, and it would end with my brother leaving.
It also sent me into a whirl about what high school was meant to be. Cause I know for a fact, this stuff happens. And it's screwed that it does, but it does and Perks of Being a Wallflower puts it out there.
This was honestly a bad things happens, and it sucks, and I'm sorry, but it happens, type of book. It was honest, it was sad, and it was happy. And it was honestly just kids trying to make the best of their own semi-miserable lives.
These are the kids who sent special who don't really seem like they're meant for something. The rejects, the wallflowers, the odd ones out.
It paints teenage years in a strangely perfect clarity, that gives way to the most relatable characters.
This was a sad book and finding out what happened to Charlie made it so horribly sad, but it was a happy book, of growing, filled with characters so real they seemed to be real.
I would love to reread it, but I wonder that if I do, if I'll be able to keep going after it.