A review by hannah_m_g
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I don’t think i’ve ever given a book five stars before so i am very hesitant about this but i don’t think four stars would do justice to how this book - and mainly how charlie, the mc - made me feel. i can’t put it into words just yeah. 10/10. i actually laughed out loud every now and then, cried a bit, but mainly spent the whole time smiling gently to myself because i felt like i was reading excerpts of my own diary. i don’t think i’ve ever read a first person narrative i resonated with so much, and yet felt in awe of the way charlie managed to far outdo my internal monologue. so many lines were just so poetic and yet so simple, completely heartbreaking and yet with no large philosophical poetry. the characters and story felt largely genuine, if a *little* too good to be true/larger than life, but only slightly and very rarely.
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