The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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Summary: IT WAS NOT AWESOME!
Review: I don't understand how all of these people think that this book is so awesome. It was an okay book and it offered an interesting perspective. I liked to see the world through the eyes of another, even if it was a fictional character BUT it was not that great. I thought it was nasty and I didn't relate to much of it.

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Summary: AN AMAZING BOOK
Review: I'm a person who never reads book, in fact..i'm 18 and this is the first book that i've read by choice..and i really loved it. It's the only book that has kept me interested and wanting to read it all the time. woohoo!

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Summary: ORIGINAL, THOUGHFUL, GREAT BOOK
Review: I do not agree with the comment that these issues do not belong in young adult books! This is what young adults go through! This book doesn't promote sex or drugs, just like high school, it shows that they are out there, shows that these are the issues facing teens today. I LOVED this book. I might as well have been Charlie myself. No "Classic" holds up to this book when it comes to what is going on NOW. This book is a whole chapter on my life, READ IT, READ IT, READ IT!!!!!

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Summary: An excellent example of contemporary adolescent literature
Review: The book certainly took me through a roller-coaster ofemotions. I read it aspart of a search for books to teach in a highschool contemporary literature class. The issues were real, the drugs possibly exaggerated, and the sexual descriptions graphic. Can I use this book in a highschool classroom and keep my job? I think it's worth the chance. Anyone out there with a comment on this choice?

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Summary: really good book
Review: This book was wonderful. I could really relate to Charlie, andI think a lot of other teens can too. Well, maybe I am only like himin the way I think...because I do "teenage stuff" much more than Charlie seems to. (You know, joining clubs, playing sports, being in student government, and hanging out with my friends--aka running around the city with my friends at 3am screaming "It's nighttime!!!") Still--if Charlie were real, I think we would be very good friends. But anyway, all that really has nothing to do with the book. (I started out trying to explain how real Charlie seemed, honest.)...JUST BUY THE BOOK! <---Because it is great...sorry to all the people who read this expecting a real review. PS Have a nice day everybody.

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Summary: Horrible!
Review: This book stinks!!! They go into graphic detail of everything!!! The author just goes on an on about subjects that should not be in Young adult books

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Summary: Awesome book
Review: I thought that this book was great! I read some of the reviews and they said that the language Charlie used was too adult like. Charlie was exceptional when it came to literature and writing, it said in the book. If that would have been changed the book would be right. It is great for anyone. I am an avid reader and don't often read these types of books. I read this book in one day and I wish the book were longer!

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Summary: Great book, teens can relate.
Review: This book was so awesome! It was definentally the best book I have ever read in my life. I am a teenager and I can totally relate to the problems Charlie had. The author used great language and I loved how it seemed like Charlie was talking to you. I highly recommend this book to anybody who likes "Go Ask Alice". If you are a teen, you can probably relate to this book.

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Summary: by far the best i have ever read!
Review: This book, is very real. It makes you think about things that you never really thought of too much. It makes a lot of sense though, once you do think of these things. I would recommend this book to anyone!

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Summary: Ending almost ruins this incredible novel about H.S. . . .
Review: Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower is charming, sincere and amusing. Charlie, the main character or narrator, so to speak, is interesting and insightful and this angst-driven novel is one of the better ones I've read as of late. Fans of Blake Nelson's novel, Girl, will find Charlie the male version of Andrea Marr and those who liked the book Youth in Revolt will love The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Anyone who survived (barely, I'm sure) high school thanks to The Smiths, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, soul-searching classics like Catcher in the Rye, mix tapes and long drives with friends who were snubbed by the Beautiful People will find familiarity with Charlie's yearning to fit in while dealing with a friend's suicide, a family member's death and issues, like rape and homosexuality, that are now commonplace in the halls of today's High School USA. Chbosky has a nice writing style and draws the reader into Charlie's world to the point where you may not want to put the book down. This book falls short, however, with the ending. The last chapter thoroughly disappoints and makes me wonder how the book's ending got passed its editor. I was so irate at how Chbosky chose to leave his character at the end of his freshman year in high school that it almost ruined the book for me. Although I had a bad taste in my mouth when I was finished, the rest of the novel is worthwhile especially when more attention should be paid to the Darias of today's high schools and not the Star Football player or the Crazy Kid with the Gun.