Perks of Being a Wallflower

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Summary: Not a bad book to read
Review: Charlie is the main character of the book and he is writing a letter to all of the people that read this book but you really never find out about who he is writing to until the end. His friends Sam and Patrick also help him through out his life and help him deal with some problems along the way. The book also helps cover some things about how the life of a teenager is and what they all go through everyday. Charlie is basically a typical teenager too, he does drugs, experiments stuff with many different people and likes to go out with a lot of different girls.
I thought that this book was an ok book to read in school. The book had many ups and downs and a lot of things would change from time to time. In the end, I think that this is a good book for kids to read in class at their high school or they can just read on their own.

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Summary: Not as bad as i thought it would be
Review: This book is a great look at growing up in todays world. It's a story about Charlie,a kid who just started high school without a friend in the world. He meets two seniors who are about to change his life.Charlie goes on a wild adventure involving partys,sex,first love,and special brownies. Some of the situations in this book i can relate too which is way i started to like it.
The story is told by Charlie in a letter format. We dont know who he's writing too but he doesnt leave anything out. The book goes off to a slow start but once you get into it you wont want to put it down.

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Summary: Just another day at high school
Review: THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is about a teen, named Charlie who is experiencing and seeing different things. Most of the things he faced were actual stuff that happens to teenagers in high school. The stuff that he faced were dealing with his friend and foes, trying to stay away from drinking and doing drugs, and going out with a girl who he doesn't like. Charlie mostly kept most of the things he saw or heard to him self. As you read further in the book you will find out that he falls in love with a girl who is older then him. Her name Is Sam and he loved her a lot. He also has two gay friends who he is close with. He faces difficult obstacles through out the book. He wasn't close to his sister like most of the children in the family are but when something happened; he was the only one she trusted.

I thought the book was real good although it wasn't the action type of book that I wanted but I still enjoyed it. I liked this book because it had surprising turns that came up out of nowhere and the real life obstacles that happened. Also, I thought this book was good because every time there's a bad situation Charlie finds a way to get out of it.

If you like reading a book with actual stories and a surprising ending. Read this one!!!

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Summary: The perks of the book
Review: The Perks of being a Wallflower is a very good book for teenagers to read. The main character Charlie is stuck in the hard times of being a teen. Although, reading it will make your problems fell way less severe. The Perks of being a Wallflower is a good book to read to understand the life of a teenager, family life problems, and dealing with them.
In the book Charlie had to see many doctors and therapists for problems he doesn't even know about until the end of the book. Charlie kind of has a communication problem. He didn't really have any friends, until he met Sam and Patrick. He falls in love with Sam. She doesn't seem to feel the same way about him though. It all works out for the best at the end though. This just shows the ups and downs of love in a teenager's life. Also, he experiments with some drugs in the book, and honestly tells you his opinion of what he thinks about them. Another great thing about the book is that in the letters he writes, it really feels like he's writing to you, and only you. Sometimes you just want to write back to him and give him advice, but he gives no identity. In the book there are issues with drugs, homosexuals, sex, and a lot of other important issues, all told through the eyes of Charlie.
Charlie also faces some family issues. In the beginning he never really felt loved by his sister. He loved her so much, but she wasn't showing it back to him. They resolved the problem, when she got into trouble by having sex. They got closer after that big incident. Charlie was very close with his Aunt when he was younger. Something tragic happened to her though on the way to get his birthday present. That's when Charlie got in bad shape, and had to see all the doctors. No one ever really understood why he took it so hard, for such along time. In the end everything comes together and makes sense about why Charlie is so messed up. It's a sad but good ending.

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Summary: "The Perks" of the book
Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower was an unbelievable astounding book. This novel written by Steven Chobsky deals with and touches on all of the everyday things that a teenager goes through. He writes the story through a series of letters from the main character Charlie. I am still currently in high school, and I could relate to 90% of the stuff that Charlie, Patrick, and Sam were all going through. Charlie, the main character, falls head over heals as a freshman with this girl Sam, a senior, his best friends sister. Charlie deals with having gay friends, a girlfriend he doesn't want, and worst of all... having loved and lost.
In one scene, Charlie, Patrick, Sam, and Charlie's current girlfriend Mary Elizabeth, were all sitting, playing truth or dare. Patrick dares Charlie to kiss the prettiest girl in the room. Even though Charlie was sitting right next to Mary Elizabeth he proceeded to get up and walk to the other half of the circle where Sam was and kiss her. Mary Elizabeth left the room with tear-glazed eyes, and Sam cursed Charlie out, and then followed her friend in the bathroom.
I like how the book really came down to the average teenagers perspective. This covers so many hot issues that it makes the book very appealing to a person of any sex.
I did not like however how some parts were repeatedly told just indifferent ways. I also thought that some of the letters were just a waste of time because they didn't talk about anything related to the plot.
Even though there were a few drawbacks, the book was still interesting and a good novel. I would defiantly recommend this book.

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Summary: Just a Great Reading Experience!
Review: There is a strange phenomenon that surrounds me and books. Essentially books jump out at me when I am at a stage in my life where reading a certain book would be extremely pertinent. I also bet that this happens to other people as well. It's a mysterious phenomenon that really makes you feel like there might just be something special going on with life. Something just a little bit magical that science can't explain just yet.

Standing in a bookstore in Chicago a few months ago, looking for something to read, nothing in particular, this bright green book jumped out at me and screamed READ ME! The book of course is Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I read the description and immediately knew that this was to be the next book I read. Coming off a session of Star Wars novels I was ready for something a little more personal, something that might hit close to home.

Wallflower did just that.

The theme of my summer had been, and still is, about not being afraid to go out and live life the way you want to live it. Being courageous enough to say no when you want to, and to take the risks you want to take. Wallflower's main message is that in life you must participate. Anything less than full participation is a waste.

Wallflower frames a segment of the life and times of Charlie, the main protagonist, in the form of anonymous letters he writes to a classmate he doesn't even know. Through these letters we get to see how emotionally paralyzed Charlie is and how it effects his life and the things that happen to him. Eventually Charlie becomes lucky and his English teacher decides to take him under his wing. He gives Charlie books to challenge him and helps him realize that he must go out into the world and make it his own rather than blindly being pushed around in the world that other people are creating.

I really felt a bond with Wallflower because in high school and for much of my life I have been a merely a participant. I have been the Wallflower. Finally being ready to shed my Wallflower-skin I was very moved by this story and by Charlie's life. Wallflower helped propel me closer to finally making life my own.

This is Chbosky's first novel and it reminded me very much of Fitzgerald's first novel This Side of Paradise in it's message regarding the coming of age of a young human being and the steps one goes through during that time. To anyone who has ever thought "If I had just done this..." or "If I had just said how I really felt..." I say read this book now! Hopefully you too will be propelled into action! Thanks also to the reviewer who also mentioned THE LOSERS CLUB by Richard Perez, another book I really enjoyed and finally bought off Amazon.

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Summary: A must read for any high school student
Review: If ever there was an anthem for the high school teenager today, this is it! Stephen Chbosky has given a stunning insight into the world of a high school student in his masterpiece "The Perks of Being a Wallflower."

Being a high school student myself, I was floored at the accuracy of Chbosky's portrayal of a high school environment. Through the magnetic main character, Charlie, he portrays real issues facing high school students like teen-pregnancy, drugs, relationships, homosexuality, depression, suicide, love and acceptance.

The way the novel is written brings you into Charlie's world. It entraps you and won't let you put the book down. The book is written as a series of letters written to you from Charlie. I found myself growing closer and closer to Charlie through every hilarious comment and the most serious and sad of moments. The language used is so genuine and simple, yet you see exactly what he wants you to see. I could truly relate and empathize with what he was going through as almost any other high schooler would. With each heartfelt and honest letter you grow with him and become his friend. To be honest the book was almost torturous because after each letter all I wanted to do was write back to him.

The strange part of the book is that it really has no huge plot. There is no hero, no villain, no murderer...it's just an honest story of someone struggling through life. You see him fall in love, you see him depressed, you see him have fun, you see him grow, but no one wins or loses. The climax, I believe, is finding Charlie everyday in something. It's something that happens to you and you wanting to write to Charlie about it. It's reading the book multiple times (which I have) and finding something new you didn't catch the first time.

"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky is an honest, and truly moving novel. I strongly suggest you read it.

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Summary: It Truly Touched Me -- what can I say?,
Review: In this day and age when people are so cynical and cruel, it was a pleasure to read a book from the point of view of a genuinely nice person. Charlie is a "wallflower," meaning he stands back timidly watching others live life, afraid to participate. In the course of the novel, we watch Charlie grow: make friends, go to parties, participate, even fall in love -- in other words, come out of his shell. And by the end we discover why Charlie is unable to participate in life until now; we come to understand the source of his pain. I truly loved this book; and I don't care if other people put it down! The chapters are written in letter format, and the writing is smooth and unpretentious. This is definitely the best book I've read since THE LOSERS CLUB by Richard Perez. And I discovered both books on Amazon. Anyway, if you like genuinely beautiful people, I'm sure you'll love the protagonist of this novel. You may even shed a tear for Charlie...bottom line: you'll be moved!

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Summary: A Bit Far Fetched
Review: This book seems to be more a novel written for people remembering their high school years through the haze of time, than for kids living and dealing with high school in real time. Everyone would like to look back at high school and think they had amazing taste in music, film and literature. Everyone would like to look back and see that though they weren't overly popular they had a strong group of friends who cared for them, so being a wallflower didn't matter that much in the end.

This book is obviously written by someone well removed from the actualities highschool, but none the less it is haunting and touching.

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Summary: real.
Review: Some people might see Charlie's life too dramatic or fake. And I guess I understand that. But one of the things I really came to respect about this book and Chbosky's style of writing, is that he doesn't try to impress anyone by using big words and complicated sentences and modern witty banter. The words are real, the language is real, the issues are real. A few pages into the book I felt painfully sympathetic towards the main character Charlie; his almost eerie, impossible sense of innocence and naiveness.
This book is about heartbreak and betrayal, and god kill me for my unoriginality, but coming of age. Charlie charms new friends with his naive charm, breaking their hearts with his sincerity and a haunting reminder of their own inpurities. And Charlie has a few physchologically damaging dark secrets of his own to overcome through his letters to an unnamed someone throughout the novel.