Perks Of Being A Wallflower

about the book: Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion has become a modern classic. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is the story of what it’s like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie’s letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. We may not know where he lives or to whom he is writing. All we know is the world he shares. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. The world of sex, drugs, and music—when all one requires to feel infinite is that perfect song on that perfect drive. Through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting story, a powerful novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up.

the Review: I will most likely not be the first to admit that I mostly wanted to read this because it was a movie with Emma Watson in it, and it helped that it was one of the books chosen to be read in my book club. But even though I picked it up because the movie had Emma in it I never would have expected it to hit me so hard, the story is powerful and holds so many meanings that it could make your head spin, it shows the real life of many teens throughout America perhaps even the world. Charlie was a quiet boy that to put it simply had a lot of issues, issues that he couldn't talk to anyone about. But still he found a way to make friends that saw him for who he was and excepted him for it. The kind of friends that we all really want.
this book hit me right where it counts it hit me in the heart I felt what Charlie was feeling when he wrote the letters in the book, and I felt it when he said that they were infinite, because no matter what we are all infinite in our own ways. I loved this book and I would suggest it to anyone no matter your age and whether or not you like to read, because it's a wonderfully written story and I feel that it will truly be infinite
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