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Summary: Stunning
Review: 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' is perhaps the most true-to-life novel that I have read about 'that difficult age'. Charlie's experiences, in some ways, mirrored my own feelings of aloneness, insecurity, thinking, emotions, whatever. In a way, I think we all can relate to Charlie in some way. He is just a normal kid with extraordinary circumstances that we all have faced. The book was painful and joyous at the same time. It was not a 'look' at teen life or an 'expose', but a tribute or a celebration. (And Charlie didn't cry too much! I remember crying A LOT through high school. It was the center of the universe for four years, remember? Everything was absolutely important, just like in Charlie's story.)
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Summary: You will never forget the lessons this book teaches
Review: This book, has so many lessons about life, throughout its' pages. There is no one who can say they don't relate to Charlie, and the things he does. His thoughts make you question many things in your own life, and you find yourself comparing your life to his. The story is very well written, and is probably one of the best books you will ever read. You will never forget the lessons you learned from this book. AFter reading this book, I felt as if Charlie was my closest friend. I found myself wanting to read more about his life, and his thoughts. You are doing yourself a HUGE favor, by buying this book! It's amazing, how from just one book, you can carry away so much.
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Summary: A Decent Read
Review: I found myself enjoying this book, even though the format of it seemed kind of annoying at first glance. But something I didn't get was... The author says it's set in the early 90's, yet everything screams 70's to me...rocky horror picture show, they listen to only 70's music, don't listen to cd's which were definately around in 1991... So, otherwise it was a good book, but I think it was a tad unrealistic how much Charlie cried.
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Summary: glorious.
Review: ah, let's reminsce about our misspent youth! such heart. stephen chbosky packed perks with so much verve!this is a beautiful, realistic, story of a shy boy named charlie and the perils of his first year highschool.this is such a great easy read, it manages to feel like bits of your own life without being cliched, charlie personifies youth in all it's glories and pains, a soft realness.it contains really cool pop cultural references with mix tapes, the infamous beatles tune, kurt cobain, rocky horror picture show fandom, and all those late night heated existential conversations at dennys you've had with your friends.brillant. holden never touched me like this. i've owned this book since my sophmore year of highschool and having graduated am still infatuated with this novel. a must read. especially teens and preteens.
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Summary: AMAZING BOOK
Review: this book was amazing to say the least. the unique format of writing really is an interesting way to show charlies life. it was one of those few books that you could really get into and just sit donw for hours at a time and read, although it is kind of a short read. i really enjoyed reading this book and am looking forward for other writings by Chbosky. although this book does get kind of depressing at points, i never wanted to put it down.
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Summary: highly recommended
Review: I first read "Perks" when I was sixteen, and at the time, I found a kindred spirit in the protagonist, Charlie. Charlie will appeal to anyone who's ever been a stereotypical wallflower: he is introverted and introspective, and has different facets of his personality that very few people ever get to see. It was a joy for me to read "his" perspectives on a variety of topics. It was much easier for me to relate to Charlie than Holden Caulfield of J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" or Benjamin of Benjamin Lebert's "Crazy," among other coming-of-age novels. Three years later, I still like "Perks," although not as much as when I first read it. Now that I'm older, some of the issues that Charlie deals with in the novel definitely seem to be contrived for the teen audience (for example, drug use, abusive relationships, abortion, alcoholism, homosexuality...). However, what really makes "Perks" memorable are the little pieces of wisdom and perfectly worded descriptions of things like interactions with friends in "Charlie's" journal entries. Author Stephen Chbosky flawlessly captures the thoughts and feelings of teenagers. He is never preachy, either. That is where most authors fail, including teenage authors like Lebert. For the plot by itself, Chbosky gets three stars. The writing style deserves more stars than Amazon will allow me to give this book.
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Summary: A teenage reader
Review: This book is pretty good. It kept me entertained. It was a little random at the end but at the same time went with the book. i would reccomend it to people that liked books like speak and other wallflower books.
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Summary: Dumbed-down and pretentious
Review: Reading other reviews has reinforced my belief that this is the perfect book for teenageers who wouldn't otherwise read anything. Everyone else should steer clear. Written in a dumbed-down journal style filled with random words in quotation marks (presumably stylistically, but really annoying), Chbolsky tells the story of a disturbed but intelligent uncool kid who meets Alternative Friends and finds his Coolness Within. Like Charlie, the protagonist, I was 15 in 1991, so I thought I could relate to the world this book is set in. I was wrong. This book sets up a fictionalized version of the 90s that Chbolsky (I would imagine around 25 in 1992) would like to think existed, but didn't. Overall, this book was pretentious and so breezy it could float away. I could tell it was trying to be deep and significant, but totally missed its mark. Other writers have dealt with misfits in so many better, non-superficial ways. Salinger this is not (although I have a feeling it would like to be). When I reached the end, I discovered that this book was published by MTV. 'Nuff said. If you are (or know someone who is) a 14-year-old who doesn't fit in, or are someone who NEVER READS ANYTHING but needs a book for your Friendster profile, this is the book for you. Everyone else, stay away.
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Summary: Just for you Mr. Hoest
Review: This book was a joy to read. It is easy to follow and has many interesting details. I would say the only thing that is odd about this selection is the format it is written; which is a diary type. The one good thing about that is the fact that it keeps the book moving at a fast pace with the shorter entries. The basic theme of the book is about how high school life can be in the modern day. The author himself is a new author and i believe that his writting skills can and will develope more. But all in all it was a great book that i do recommend to anybody, especially teenagers.
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Summary: Not a good book
Review: At the beginning and middle of the book it is boring. I say that because throughout the beginning and the middle of the book, you are lost and you can't really understand what is going on. There is also too much mentioning of crying and laughing through the whole book. The beginning is really boring because Charlie doesn't tell you much about himself because he wants to stay anonymous. The end of the book is okay. Things start to get clearer and it is sad because all of his older high school friends leave Charlie because they are going off to college. At the end of the book you're not really lost anymore than what you were in the beginning and middle. The end just seems more interesting to me than the beginning and middle. Seriously, I don't think Stephen Chbosky should write another book in this type of format, which the format is journal writings. This was just not one of the books that I like to read. It is not very amusing. If you're going to read this book (you shouldn't) but if you are I think the age range is anywhere between a mature teenager through an adult. It has some pretty nasty stuff and bad words in the book. Overall it was average, just because of the ending though.
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