A review by zayzay2
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I'm very late reading this book, I know everyone has either read this book or watched the movie or both. Finally read it, honestly I have not heard anything about the plot of this book or the movie. So I went in knowing nothing at all, all I was told by my sister who read it and watched the movie was 'it is sad' which I love sad books. It defo is a book I will remember for a long time, the reason for 5 stars is due to Charlie some what reminding me of myself in he's way of thinking or he's outlook on things. It made me empathise with him as I also saw myself as a strong kid, even thought I'm an adult now I see a lot traces of Charlies to myself. He's extremely smart, awkward, thinks ALOT, does't really know how to make friends or interact, hasn't been in relationships, loves reading and knowing new things, doesn't read social cues and is overall an innocent individual who I loved dearly. The way this book was written was quite fast paced I read half of the book in one sitting which is rare for me, I was hocked for hours just reading away. The ending and the reveal was so shocking I didn't see it coming, my sister kept saying the ending is sad which I thought met maybe someone will get into a car accident but I was not expecting this. I feel so bad for him, but looking back that makes sense because the therapist kept asking him about he's childhood and he didn't understand why. We know as adults a lot of our personality or the way we are is due to childhood whether it's negative or positive. I love that he has great circle of friends, I felt very sad for him when they stopped talking to him but I thought he would commit suicide but I'm glad he didn't. I loved what sam said to Charlie before she left about him being here and not just being there for people and actually doing what he wants, I always felt Charlie was very passive just lived, thought a lot and was always there fore people but never actually for himself or was ever passionate about something or someone in life. He wasn't really living and I think that talk something clicked for him, that was a scene that really recenated with me personally. I was very happy with the ending him coming to terms with life and having loved ones around him, he really has people around him compare to the begging of the book. Will defo re-read in a few years!