Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

333 reviews

moomygy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Alcohol, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Grief, Mental illness, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

kim_lommaert's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing, Infidelity, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide, Violence, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

bicanthropus's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I read this book for the first time in 2012, when I was a freshman in high school.  My friends were seeing me as “different” and “odd” and I latched onto this book.  This is my second time reading it, over a decade later, and the impact is still massive. 

While the way it effects me is different, it still hits. It’s like having a cup of tea or hot chocolate after having a realization about your life that changes everything and nothing all at once. It’s one of those books that sits in the back of your mind and forever has impacted the way you view yourself and the world around you. 

I suspected I’d cry reading it again (I sobbed the first time I read it), and I made it through the book without crying. Until the special afterward. I didn’t realize when I got it on audible that it was a special edition and had a bonus letter from “Charlie”.  Listening to that last letter was like reading the book for the first time in the way it made me feel. 

I can’t express on a book app online how much this story means to me. Re-reading it has made me see how much of the goodness and hope of this book I carry in me, even in my darkest days.  This will never not be one of my favorite books of all time for that aspect alone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

ghostisalive's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Homophobia, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicide

dallen_eubanks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

leah08855's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content, Racism, and Medical content

mack_urdaddy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, and Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Incest

Minor: Child abuse

pita_'s review against another edition

emotional relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

maggiemooreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Homophobia, Alcohol, Grief, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Self harm

Minor: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abortion, and Rape

ghopee's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, and Homophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, and Drug use