Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

94 reviews

andst's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

I feel like this book really encaptures self-improvement during high school. How, at that age, we feel aimless, worthless, unlikable and inadequate. How we tirelessly look for a sense of belonging and how somehow it's never enough. It's depressing, stressful, and deeply relatable. 
Throughout the book Charlie experience a sense of hopelessness while he sees the world (and the people) around him break down into pieces, just to realize that he cannot do anything to fix them no matter how much he tries. All the characters come with their own set of problems and we can see how these problems consume Charlie completely, even if they don't belong to him. Which is something some of us can deeply relate to.
This book makes you feel seen and understood. It encourages you embrace those around you despite their flaws, because we are not perfect either. We are all trying to get through life one day at a time, might as well just do it along those you care for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Outing, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Car accident and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicide attempt

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

breedawnwriter's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This is one of those books that changes you. 🫶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Homophobia, Mental illness, Cursing, and Drug use

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Racism, Car accident, Pedophilia, and Abortion

A main character is gay; multiple descriptions of F/M and M/M sexual encounters; someone uses the gay slur f-word;

and references to a character being sexually abused by an adult.

kyanasburger's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

I love this book so incredibly much. It’s important to remember that you are never alone in your struggles. Someone has felt the same way you are feeling, even if they never admitted it to someone or themselves. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Suicide, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Homophobia, and Abortion

lokes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Incest, Lesbophobia, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racism, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

matidareads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

We are infinite . The most iconic quote in this book.This is an amazing book and is like a young high schoolers version of The Catcher In The Rye .But Charlie has hope and wants to be the best friend anyone can have .He try’s his best to make friendships work and does this out of love.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Alcoholism, Abortion, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, and Mental illness

charlies_shelf's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

And in that moment, I swear. We were infinite.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

koplomps's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Homophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Drug abuse, and Pedophilia

Minor: Infidelity, Racism, Vomit, Child death, Incest, and Pregnancy

shwetanikam's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Rape, Drug use, Grief, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Child abuse, Alcohol, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Abortion and Child abuse

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, and Medical trauma

ppp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual content, Death, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Abortion, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

Minor: Sexism, Racism, and Rape