The Perks Of Being A Wallflower.

So yesssssssssssssss. i finally found some extra time yesterday and finished up my reading of The Perks Of Being A Wallflower. And i have to say i love it.

The book is written in letter form by a boy name Charlie.  It doesnt say who he writes these letters to, but im assuming the Author wanted you to be part of Charlie's Journey. So by making you the reader of the letters, Charlie must be writing them to you. Which i thought was very clever. Anyways. Charlie is a freshmen in high school. And he is a very particular kid. When you first get to know Charlie you'd think that he is the most innocent character you'd ever get to know. But as you go deeper into Charlie life, you will be able to see that he has something going on within himself. Making him pron to have panic attacks when he experience strong emotions or trauma. With that being said, the letters that he writes over all tells the story of his understanding of people's growth, as he experience growth himself. I found his stories very relate-able. When i was in high school i myself knew people who did drugs, and of course who didn't go through the emotional course of sex and relationships. It was all a very confusing time, because we all were trying to find ourselves, and find out about each other. Well Charlie goes through all this and in the end finds out about a secret he kept deep within himself. That no one knows about, and he has just been trying to forget himself for the longest.And this secret explains to why Charlie is the way he is. You have to read the book to find out. Anyways, this was my first coming of age book and i really do love it, it makes me want to read the classic "The catcher and the Rye". Maybe i will once i finish all the books thats on my to-read list. lol

Anyways i give this book a 5-5 stars rating. It was a great experience. And i would highly recommend it to anybody, not younger teens though of course.

Info on the Book:

Tittle: The Perks Of Being A Wallflower.
Author: Stephen Chbosky
Pages: 213 [not including the extras]
Main Characters: Charlie, and his two best friends: Sam, Patrick
Time Period: 1990ish


-Currently reading 13Reasons why. by Jay Asher.