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Summary: WILL IT CHANGE YOUR LIFE?
Review: This book is amazing. It is my favorite book for about a year, mainly because I haven't read anything that can top it yet.
I heard about this book through the internet. My friends always went on about it and I was always seeing quotes and pictures from it.. etc. I was again, searching for something to read that would hold my interest, and I just happened to think of this. I ordered it on Amazon.com, got it a week later, and finished it that night. I couldn't believe how great it was. In a way, I guess you could say that the book changed my outlook on life. I don't know the exact reason how or why.. but it did. I started thinking differently and doing things differently, getting into different things (writing, music.. etc.) and spending more time with my friends. Before all this I was as antisocial as they come. I hated leaving the house and I didn't WANT any friends. I guess after reading about Charlie and Patrick and Sam, and participating.. I decided to value my friends more, (or work to find a friendship like Charlie's and Patrick's and Sam's) and try to participate. And I guess it worked. But that's not the point. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a great book. Maybe it will change YOUR life. You won't know until you read it. Thanks to the guy who suggested that other book, The Losers Club by Richard Perez, another enjoyable little novel that got under my skin.
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Summary: Not so much about the book but what the book imposed upon me
Review: I am left with this odd fuzzy feeling inside. Not fuzzy like the exact instant when my lips touches the girl i loved for the first time; or fuzzy like getting a hug...a long hug, that has more meaning than something you do when you see someone. This fuzzy feeling is somewhat empty, but an understanding type of emotion, where i feel more enlightened of the world and how it functions, but feel the absence of the essence of the presence of this emotion im lacking of. And this is more than just about love. Its more about revelations of the first time, and how i feel when i think back in reverie, and what it meant to me then and how it means to me now. And all this came from me reading the first 60 pages or so of Perks Of Being a Wallflower. I feel stunned. Zombie-like, how much this strikes me to be how i feel. You know the feeling when you read a really meaningful book, and at certain times, it just clicks? You pull the words, the thoughts, out of the page and out of the context, and you really relate yourself. I am compelled to type not on what so much the book says, but on how i feel when i look up from the pages and realize that yes, that is what i failed to realize. Sorry this isnt a review, this coming of age novel for a teen in high school, written through letters, has more meaning to me through how anyone can relate to this.
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Summary: Awesome!!!
Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower is an amazing book that I'd recommend to ANYONE. At first it might seem a little bit confusing, but after the first letter or two you'll get right on track. You don't know who Charlie is writing to...But whoever it is, it helps Charlie in so many ways. The end of the book was a real shocker to me, maybe there were more clues that explained it, but I only found a few...it was an interesting surprise that made the book fit toegtehr even better than it had been already! Also I liked seeing Charlie's reacitons to the books that his English teacher reccomended to him. I'd read To Kill A Mockingbird and Cathcher in the Rye and I lvoed both of them, as did Charlie. It even made me (somewhat) want to read some of the other classics Charlie was recommended because he liked them all so much! Please read this book, you won't regret it! Its Fabulous. :-)
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Summary: Wow
Review: The only thing bad about this book was the fact that it ended. I loved this book so much, you need to read this book.
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Summary: a note to people who fail to appreciate this book
Review: Before you go trashing a novel with this much soul in it...think about it. You may call it depressing, but life isn't always full of sunshine and fairies. You may say that Charlie's life is "too full" of misfortunes...but there ARE people who are that unfortunate, who encounter THAT much stuff...just because you aren't one of them, doesn't mean you have any right to deny that other people do. It is not "catcher in the rye"...so don't trash it for not being that. It's not TRYING to be that. there is only one catcher in the rye...but that DOES NOT MEAN that there are no other good coming-of-age stories. In fact, i think this one might just apply to the generation a little better. And as far as being perverted goes...Chbosky's just honest. If you're looking for a happy-go-lucky read..avoid it. If you're looking for a down-to-earth heartfelt story about a boy who may or may not be something like you...then read it. If you ARE a wallflower you'll feel right at home...if you aren't, hopefully it will shed some light on how it feels to be one. Insight is never a bad thing. I literally laughed out loud at parts of this book and felt the pain of the characters as well. Charlie's insights into the world as a young boy are charming, true, and skillfully crafted
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Summary: Chbosky Walks on Water
Review: High school drama. Too many novels, articles, poems, and songs have been penned on the teenage years, yet this Chbosky does so magnificently. A novel that focuses on poetically created characters rather than a spiderweb-thin plotline, Wallfloweris the rare kind of novel that changes lives. I realize how cliche that sounds, but I can't think of any other way to describe it. Written as a composite of letters, Wallflower is painful, comical, straightforward, subtle, but most of all, it's real. I can't stress enough what a fantastic novel this is. Whehter you're just entering high school or attending your fifty-year reunion, this novel needs to be read. I felt especially impacted, since the characters that surround the protagonist, Charlie, could have been lifted from the pages of my freshman year photo album. The characters that
Chbosky creates are multi-faceted yet plausible. OK, I'm done. There's not much more I can say besides... read this book!
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Summary: "And In That Moment, I Swear We Were Infinite."
Review: Words cannot describe how ABSOLUTELY amazing this book is. Stephen Chbosky's wonderful style of writing pulls you into charlie's world withouta doubt. the book was imaginitive and interesting. I have read it twice, the first time about six months ago and the second the day before yesterday. both times I could not put it down and finished it in a single day. by the time I closed the book the second time. I was ready to read it again. I only wish it had gone into Charlie's Sophmore year. it was just not enough. It leaves you wondering what Charlie's doing now, how Sam and Patrick are fairing at college, and whether or not Charlie still feels "Infinite". I highly recommend this book to anyone who is, or has ever been a teenager coping with the every day struggles of highschool, friends, romance, and life in general.
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Summary: For all the shy people
Review: I'm almost afraid to admit how much I related to this book. Like the main character of Charlie, I've always been withdrawn and reluctant to take the spotlight, prefering to keep a "low profile." But reading this book makes me realize how much you're missing out to live like that. To quote a line from the film, Adaptation, "You're not who loves you, you're who YOU LOVE!" In other words, it's all about what YOU can give in this life, how much love YOU can give. This book, more than any other, made me realize that. Please read it and don't waste your life! Thanks also to the guy who recommended The Losers' Club by Richard Perez
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Summary: Amazing
Review: I'm not the type who likes to read those diary stories, I'm not a deep thinker, and I would usually choose sports or tv over a book. Not with this one. His point of view is fascinating, and he raises amusing and curious thoughts, all while telling his entrancing story. And the thing about it is it's really not out of the ordinary in the way of events. He's not Harry Potter, dealing with a magical world. He's not a movie star writing about his woes. He is a wallflower. The things he notices in everyday situations make you want to stop what you're doing and just think about things. I dunno, maybe I don't explain it well. But I definately recommend this book. The way we do it at my school is that we have one copy that circulates, and every person chooses a color, and highlights parts that they like. It's one of those books that has stuff to highlight in it.
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Summary: "we accept the love we think we deserve"
Review: Set in 1991, Charlie is not a geek, but by no means the popular freshman in high school either. After his friend's suicide in the summer, Charlie enters freshman year as a no name face, until he meets seniors Sam and Patrick. He is then exposed to drugs, sexuality, first love, as well as discovering himself along the way. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower transfers readers to the mind of a coming-of-age teenage boy. Through his experiences, turmoil, and frustrations, Charlie brings you back to the roller coaster, unforgettable days known as- adolescence. Throughout the book, Charlie's acquaintances are documented through his letters to an anonymous receiver. We know no more than the date and the character's name, which expands the area of flexibility for us to connect to him. Chbosky doesn't dress the book with fancy word structures; instead he conveys the thinking of a 15 year-old into simple writings. While we watch Charlie grasps to 'feel infinite? our own views of the world has been affected and grown with his. 'He's something, isn't he?"
Bob nodded his head. Patrick then said something I don't think I'll ever forget.
'He's a wallflower.'
'You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.' Seeing life as a dance floor, Charlie is the wallflower by the book's title. His observant and curious characteristic led him through amazing self realizations. This is more than a clich?fiction novel; Chbosky does a wonderful job of relating readers to the book because Charlie's confusions are extremely realistic. Reading Charlie through his teenage journey, I've learned to feel the world around me just as he does. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower is one of the rare writings that'd make you laugh and cry at the same time, and realizing something new every time you reread it.
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