The Perks of Being a Wallflower

I wasn't changed by this book. It was well written (if occasionally bordering on pretentious) and I enjoyed reading it. It was hard to put down and while I read it, I felt I was being changed. But when I finished, nothing had really changed. Chbosky felt like he threw some wonderful characters (I'll give it that) into as many crap situations as he could think of and saw if they could bring some morality out of it. Perks was a well-constructed book with lovely characters that was just trying a little too hard.