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Summary: Perks of Being a Wallflower review
Review: Summary- We know nothing of his location but everything about his life. A freshman in high school, Charlie is just beginning to discover himself. Charlie starts out the school year lonely, with his brother being away at college and his sister 'busy' with more important matters (boys!). That changes pretty quickly, however. After Charlie meets 'Nothing' and Sam his secluded, wallflower world is rocked. As Charlie sees his world start to tumble and shake, he probes into the meaning of everything around him. Charlie chronicles these events and his feelings to a person we never meet. Charlie's letters recount his adventure into unfamiliar territories so many people have gone through themselves.My Review/ Recommendations- I choose this book because my parents had read it and loved it. I found the letters hilarious and sincere, yet extremely thought provoking. You either completely identify with Charlie's realistic experiences of his first year in high school or you become prepared to be in his predicaments. Plus you meet such a vibrant array of characters you can't help but get totally wrapped up in the story. Patrick, aka 'Nothing,' is Charlie's gay friend who sleeps with the quarterback of the football in secret and was popular until he got hooked onto 'good' music. Sam, the girl Charlie thinks he is in love with is Patrick's stepsister has trouble with boyfriends and has trouble with self confidence, according to Charlie's sister. I think this book would appeal to anyone feeling lost in their high school experience, adults who want to tap into the minds of high school kids and into their own high school memories. This also makes a great rainy day book whenever someone is bored.
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Summary: Pure Magic, this book!!
Review: Stephen Chbosky's eye opening and realistic first novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, was a great book in many ways. First of all, it captures your attention, both with the characters and with ALL the things that happen to them. Second, Charlie, although on the verge of being an outcast but not quite there, has a voice that you feel compelled to listen to once you start. And third, the book is realistic and heartfelt, and as a person who entered her first year of high school six days ago, I feel I have it easy compared to him (all I am is bored. If you listen to the things he goes through...). I enjoyed the book very much and keep a copy in my locker at school to look at before class. I encourage you to read this book if you can find the time amidst all your new English reading assignments.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: This book is simply fantastic. The minute I finished it I couldn't decide whether to share it with someone else and let them read it, or read it again! I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.
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Summary: Dear Friend
Review: In an amazing novel, Stephen Chbosky writes as a young man named Charlie. Charlie is fifteen and terribly blessed with a gift for written word.
Though introduced as a coming-of-age novel, I'd like to think it is more of a coming-into-torture-and-somehow-surviving novel. Charlie's story is written through letters to an unknown "friend". They take us through his freshman year of high-school, starting in August and ending the next August. Charlie sees the world through his eyes, never changing. In attempts at finding a sort of peace in the busy world of his home life-he finds himself friends with an older crowd. Through time, he becomes an important part of the world, reading and writing as if they were luxeries, not habit. Chbosky takes the reader on a journey of being alone. The characters are real, the writing is that of a fifteen year old's thoughts and words. All in all, a tremendous book of the outside world looking in.
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Summary: The Perks of Hearing a Wallflower
Review: This is a touching, sad and happy story of an unusually perceptive boy's freshman year in high school. Through Charlie's letters to his friend, we read about his relationships with friends, family, books, and teachers, and learn some of their stories, too. You empathize with and root for Charlie throughout, but it's definitely not sap or saccharine, and that keeps it real. As much as this novel brings back memories of some painful times, it also gave me hope that my kids might experience it differently. Eric Cazenove is a wonderful narrator for this work. His performance of Charlie hits just the right notes; I'm very glad I heard this book through his voice.
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Summary: probably the most important book you'll read
Review: this is such a smart book. it's a shame it's so short because it went by too fast. the characters are definitely ones that you can relate to. since buying one for myself, i've bought it for almost all of my friends for their birthdays and they've bought it for their friends. everybody i know loves this book.
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Summary: READ THIS BOOK
Review: Finally, someone came along with the guts to realistically depict how trully troublesome and disturbing a teenager's life can be in our current society. Chbosky has successfully created a world in which everything is not sugar-coated and there are no "simple solutions" to problems. As Charlie, the main character, struggles to confront his sexuality, sexual abuse and other equally serious issues, he does so with a sensitivity and maturity uncharacteristic of most boys his age. This novel is an honest reflection of real life and refreshing to read. Any arguments that this book is too "over the top," "graphic" or "lewd" are simply unfounded. However, I would only recommend this book to those readers who are more mature and will be able to handle the sometimes upsetting - yet very true - events in this story.
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Summary: The Dawson's creek of literature
Review: This has to be one of the most cliche ridden excuses for teen-angst literature ever published, although it's popular acclaim was to be expected what with the increased "dumbing down" of today's creative litarary standards. Upon reading a synopsis of the book, I was hopeful in the expectation that the protagonist would have some semblance to myself during my formative years. I was treated to the ramblings of some pretentious wannabe Holden Caulfield (accurate so far), but, to reiterate what others have already said, no teenager I ever knew spoke like this. It reads like the script of a bad episode of Dawson's Creek. Have they had this on Oprah's book club yet? Please, if you think you might share something in common with this guy, why not try Mersault in Camus' far superior "The Stranger".
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Summary: a change in my life
Review: i think the fact that "perks" has gotten 500 reader comments has to mean something. this book, to put it simply, was excellent. as a 15 year old teenager, I found charlie's life (as written through his letters) not just an inspiration, but a guide through my teenage years. an adventure through the world parties, friends, drugs, mixtapes, sex, and of course, that one ride in a pickup truck with two friends that makes us all feel infinite. three thumbs up to stephen chbosky on his amazing first novel. :)
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Summary: Shy Guy Can't Even Get a Girl to Look at You?
Review: This book is for every shy guy who can't even get a girl to look at them? This book is for all the invisible guys out there!!! Charlie got Samantha. We can all dream, right?
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