Ratings800
Average rating4.1
Why was this book so good?
Well.
Maybe you should read it and find out.
Because I swear to god.
It was fucking worth it.
Wow.
Wow.
Wow.
Probabilmente le mie aspettative erano troppo alte e ho finito col rimanere delusa. Ho letto di peggio, ma a distanza di mesi posso dire che non mi ha trasmesso un granché.
I think everyone can find themselves in Charlie, and I did. I think I can relate very much to Charlie. This book was an amazing read and very beautiful. It deserves a re-read.
my new favorite book because what the hell that was so amazing and so good and i didn't even expect the ending to go that way???? i'm feeling so many emotions, happy, sad, nostalgic, and present. best best book of the year so far.
I absolutely loved this book. It made me feel so many different emotions. In a few ways I could relate with Charlie. I was somewhat the same way in high school. I never openly went and made friends, the friendships just kind of happened.
I felt sad when we finally learn what happened to Charlie when he was younger when his aunt Helen was still alive. I was glad when things changed for Charlie in good ways. I loved reading along as Charlie tried things for the first time; some being more interesting than others.
This is a book I would definitely recommend to teenagers and even young adults.
Charlie is honestly one of the best characters I know. He's so honest and real. I just want to hug him and tell him everything's going to be okay. There were so many great things about this novel that I can't even get my thoughts in order. It was so thought provoking and heart warming I just couldn't get enough. I loved all the characters and Charlie's development throughout the whole novel was amazing.
In 2014, I rated this book one star. I truly did not see what everyone liked about this book and I hated it. I was 15 at the time and was the same age as the main character but didn't relate to him at all.
In 2020, I decided to re-read this book because I feel like I could relate to the main character more at age 20 and a half then I did at 15. It made me think back to my school days and my childhood trauma and this book made me so sad. To say I had traumatic teen years would be an understatement and this book just brought everything back to me.
New rating: 2.75 stars
A great read. Charlie's coming of age is something we can all relate to (even if just a tiny facet of his journey). His story is filled with confusion, addiction, brokenness, question - and topped off with some great experiences with classic literature and music. With the screen adoption on the horizon, I'm interested to see how these essentialist characters are bought to life. If you're up for a quick, honestly portrayed insight into growing up when the world is growing up a lot faster than you, this book is for you.
this book helped me through so much in my early teenage life and i can't wait to re read. it's so powerful and emotional
i hated this one a lot. worst one i read this year. it's all “haha look at the teenagers suffering. now cry.”
don't read if you're feeling terrible.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower has been one of my top 5 favorite movies since the first time I ever watched it. I love it so much and I finally sat down and read the book and was blown away. It was absolutely incredible, so much more was put into it (like most book to movie adaptions). Still, Patrick was my favorite, I really felt for him a lot for what he had to go through, as well as Charlie. It somehow didn't make me cry like the movie did but nonetheless, still a beautifully written book. I had high expectations and this book exceeded them. Brilliantly done!
One of my favourites ever since i was a teenager, I occasionally reread this because of how much of an impact it made in my life
I don't really know what I was supposed to take away from this book. It read like a teen tv show from the early 2000's where there isn't really a plot, but you follow teen characters. Charlie was right on the line of being adorable and obnoxiously naïve. Granted, he is 14, but still. It was okay, but I think I'll enjoy the movie better.
4.5 ⭐
Maybe would have been higher if I had read this in high school. Also why didn't I read this in high school...?
A difficult book to read. Charlie lives in a
world where his best friend kills himself, where
drugs and alcohol are commonly used to deal
with the stress of daily life, where Charlie
can only seem to communicate honestly by writing
anonymous letters to a person he does not know
well. Charlie's world, fortunately, also contains
a caring teacher who shares favorite books with
Charlie and several fellow outcast teens who,
sometimes confrontationally, help Charlie
survive and begin to thrive. Recommended.
Borrowed this from reviewer reynje
“Perks seems to offer its devoted fans a sense of connection, of understanding, of honesty about things left unspoken, or whispered behind hands and closed doors. This book speaks to the sense of alienation that many teens experience, the questions of who they are and where they belong. Charlie has become a response to – and I mean no disrespect by this, as I was/am a voice in this – a collective, plaintive cry of “nobody understands me”.”
Summary: This book is written as a series of letters written by the fictional Charlie to his pen pal. He writes about his experiences as a high school student getting over the death of a friend, making new friends, and meeting a mentor. Charlie has a dark secret that he has repressed for a long time, however, and it is threatening to come out.
This novel deals with some heavy themes such as drug and alcohol abuse, sex and sexual abuse, and mental illness. It's definitely a hard read, and I felt that it was especially so when I read it as an adult because it was just really sad to imagine children going through the things that the characters had to face. That's not to say you shouldn't read it; just have your tissues ready if you do!
this book made me remember about my younger years, all along with the “and in that moment I was infinite” ticks of time from my life