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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

*** “The Perks Of Being A Wallflower” was by far the weirdest book I have ever read. It was a really great book, but the personality of Charlie is what makes it so strange. The book is written as letters to the person reading it and it goes through his life as he starts out from having no friends, to being friends with Sam and Patrick, two seniors. When I read this part it seemed kind of unrealistic that these they randomly became friends with the weird nerdy freshman but through them he ends up experiencing drugs, alcohol, his first girlfriend, and the whole time is in love with Sam. He’s called a wallflower because he sees and understands things and doesn’t repeat them which makes him such a good friend. But he also doesn’t lead a life of his own, instead just doing whatever people want him to do or just going along with everyone else. The ending was my favorite because you find out why he was so messed up and lots of questions are answered.

Anonymous said...

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"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" was a really interesting and insightful book. It focuses a lot of friendship and how important it is. It hits this point home especially when Mary Elizabeth gets mad at Charlie, and he has no one to hang out with for a while. I also found it really interesting that he decided to pick a random person to write his letters to. I almost want to know who the other person was and what they thinking while receiving these letters. I recommend this book and think that a lot of teenagers should read it.

Anonymous said...

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"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" was a really interesting and insightful book. It focuses a lot of friendship and how important it is. It hits this point home especially when Mary Elizabeth gets mad at Charlie, and he has no one to hang out with for a while. I also found it really interesting that he decided to pick a random person to write his letters to. I almost want to know who the other person was and what they thinking while receiving these letters. I recommend this book and think that a lot of teenagers should read it.

Anonymous said...

** "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" is a very interesting book. The main character Charlie is writing letters about his everyday problems. This story is very strange with very unusual things you will read that are very unexpected! Charlie was the type of boy with few friends, and everyone called him a freak! Read this book to see if Charlie's social status changes or will he always just be a wallflower!

Anonymous said...

****The Perks of Being a Wallflower was a very interesting book. I didn't love it, but i didn't hate it. This book is about a boy named Charlie who starts his freshman year in High School with no friends, and is also telling about all of his experiences through letters to someone anonymous to us. He quickly becomes friends with two seniors named Sam and Patrick. Which seemed very unrealistic because i could not name one senior who has put an effort into making sure the weird freshman boy who no one knows has friends. Throughout his freshamn years he tries different things, has his first kiss, and his first love. But at the end a lot of your questions are answered about Charlie. Whcih is why i would probably recommend this book to others!

Anonymous said...

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"The Perks of being a wallflower" was an odd book. I personally do not recomend this book. It had several funny drug induced parts but other than that I really just never got in to this book. I couldnt really relate to the charecter charlie.

Stephani L said...

*** I thought this was a really interesting book. The main character Charlie is kind of an outcast but eventually he gets some friends and kind of let’s loose and experiences new things he hasn’t tried before. I think that it was kind of confusing to figure him out because at first he seems like the a person that would never be caught at a party but then he gets friends and just wants to be liked by them and be like the best friend. In the end though he realizes who is and that he isn’t just this weirdo, he sees all the people that really care about him. This was a really good book I would recommend reading it.

Kate W. said...

***The Perks of Being a Wallflower was a good book in my opinion. The book is about a freshman in high school named Charlie. Charlie is the kind of person who is quiet and just kind of stands against the wall-(wallflower), watching the world and the people in it. He experiences with drugs, alcohol, and sex; things that are apart of growing up. He doesn’t judge people in bad ways, and he learns what friendship, love and reality is really like, which he finds to be amazing. I loved how the book is written in letters from Charlie to a person that he trusts will listen to him and not tell anyone. I would recommend this book to anyone even though it’s a little weird, it’s a good choice.

Michael M. said...

****'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' is an intriguing and uplifting book. Even those unable to relate to Charlie, the main character can still relate to parts of the story, whether it’s the loss of a friend, new beginnings, a first love, or a first kiss. Some may even be able to relate to the suicide, drug abuses, child abuse, or some the other darker parts of the story. Charlie however is not the only part that you as the reader could relate to. The numerous letters written to a ‘Friend’ allow readers to over the course of the book see Charlie as a real living being through what the reader of those letters in the story would have seen. Even beginning to worry about him as he struggles through his problems alone or with friends, an aspect of life many have tangled with. So on that note, this reader, will suggest that you find ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ by Stephen Chbosky, find a nice quiet spot to read and hunker down with a good book.

Brian P. said...

"The Perks of Being A Wallflower" was by far in my oppinion the best book I have read so far. I guess I'm sort of like the main character Charlie in that aspect, but this story shows Charlie's freshman year experiences through letter form to the reader. He starts out basically as just an ordinary average kid in his high school, but when he meets Sam and Patrick his life is changed forever. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a book that can really pull them in, this book pulls you in and makes you not want to put it down until you have finished Charlie's story.

Rachel B said...

“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” is my favorite book I have ever read. It’s a really interesting book that I truly enjoy reading. Charlie the main character is very fun to listen to. He has a lot to say about many things. He is really nice teenager who tries his best to keep everyone happy and to feel good about them self. He does go trough many hardships such as death, break ups, andmake ups.