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The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

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Will:
There's a collection of short stories that Chbosky helped to compile and edit that was much better than Wallflower called "Pieces."  The fact that I discovered this as a result of seeing Wallflower in the bookstore a few years ago is the only reason I don't regret having read this book.  Something about that book just seems to me like it was written more as a way to cash in on this whole "i'm 14 and sad" trend that apparently blew up a while ago than an attempt to write an earnest and meaningful story.  Although if it has a positive impact on someone, great, and at least the MTV logo printed on the side of the spine of the book may have convinced some kid to put down the remote, turn off fucking TRL, and read a damn book...

/onion, belt, yada yada yada
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everythingisalright:
I pretty much agree with everyone else on this one - i thought the book was amazing in a totally surreal and rather depressing way. I did however, need to read it a couple of times to properly get it though. I think that this book is probably one of those that you either love hate or just leave well alone.  :-)

ThePQ4:
One of my friends really liked it, but I couldn't get past the first couple of pages. I thought it was kind of rubbish, but I think that about a lot of books. I'm just to opinionated for my own good.

I Am Not Amused:
See, I like this book almost as much for its faults as for its successes. There's an off-kilter innocence to Charlie's character that's neatly contradicted by his developing smoking habit, recreational drug use, various sexual encounters, etc. The way the book is written makes you understand that this kid is totally in over his head. It's the choice of the kind of repressed Charlie, just smart enough to get absorbed in the counter-culture of his school, but dumb enough to fuck himself over, that makes it a neat little book. If the main character had been someone sarcastic, intelligent, cynical, etc. it would have changed the book completely.

incompletesuicide:
My only issue with this book is that it Charlie constantly cries. Its not the fact that its a male teenager crying, its just that he does it over everything. It's the least important point of the book, but it hurts my brain. Also that he goes on those rambling almost monologues (for lack of better word). I love the concept, and everything behind it, but if I knew charlie I probably would have wanted to shake him and say CHEER THE FUCK UP.

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