Perks of Being a Wallflower | review

A couple of months ago I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and I recently remembered that I had this blog (oops) so I thought I would start my reviews. The book was really well written and I’m looking forward to watching the film J

The book begins with introducing a 15 year old boy called Charlie. It is really interesting as it is written from his perspective but he is writing letters to someone unknown which I felt was quite clever. You quickly learn about events in his past such as the death of his favourite aunt who he has flashbacks of and the suicide of his best friend, Michael. Charlie is a really reserved, emotional character but he doesn’t really express his feeling much to other people. 

Charlie becomes friends with two seniors, Patrick and Sam, who he falls in love with. He helps Patrick as he struggles with the fact that he is gay and throughout to book the growth of their friendship is shown in a really beautiful way.

As Charlie blends into his new group of friends he grows in many ways and does things he probably thought he never would. The book has a lot of laughs along the way. The book also shows the dysfunctional, typical relationship between a brother and sister but when his sister needs him most things change for them both and there are some really beautiful moments between the two.

Overall, the book is really beautiful as you get to know Charlie as well as the other characters.It is amazing to read the priceless moments he shares with Sam and Patrick. It really is a book worth reading. (there are many references to awesome songs ;) )

One thing I especially liked about the book was Charlie's English teacher. He sees that Charlie has passion for literature and reading and throughout the book he gives Charlie books to read and make reports on in his extra time which I thought was so sweet.

 It is a really great story that I'm sure many teens will be able to relate to today because it is not only insightful but really relevant to teens today.

PERSONAL FAVE QUOTE: "So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. but even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, We can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them"- CHARLIE

Sorry for the short post! I wrote a big spoiler at the end so if you haven’t read the book yet please don’t read the end of this blog post!!!

/ Kisses /

Admittedly, I did not understand the Charlie was abused by his Aunt Helen until a few days ago when I saw a discussion on good reads and I was so surprised I missed it so I am definitely going to re-read the ending to catch that!