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| The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (my own photo) |
Summer is a really good chance for me to catch up on reading that I've been meaning to do throughout the year. I've been meaning to read this book for quite a while. I'll admit that this was partially due to the movie, even though I haven't seen it yet.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower focuses on Charlie, who goes into his Freshman year of high school shortly after his friend commits suicide. During the course of the year, he makes new friends, and goes through several rights of passage traditionally associated with the teenage years.
I really liked the book; I thought that it dealt with a lot of different aspects of growing up, and it didn't shy away from more complicated or darker aspects of adolescence. That being said I would definitely say that it is for older readers, because it deals with a good few mature themes.
The epistolary structure and the writing style gave the novel a really interesting voice.
Chance of finding it in my imaginary bookstore? 85%