Perks Of Being A Wallflower Paperback – 14 August 2012

Loved reading it .

If you are an introvert who has a lot of interest in observing human behaviour, yet you never want to come to the limelight, then this book is something that you will truly enjoy and resonate with. It also reflects C-PTSD in a comprehensive way.

The book was in Good condition with good printing quality... No issues with the content of the book 👍 !

The perks of being a wallflower by Stephen chbosky is amalgamation of genres namely YA fiction, Epistolary, Bildungsroman. I loved this book , like seriously loved it.This novel revolves around a 15 year old boy name Charlie who writes letters to an anonymous person throughout the book discussing about his day to day experiences. The letters are honest and he thinks that the person whom he is sending the letters will understand his situation without getting possessive. He is very shy and soft hearted boy with some unconventional thinking capabilities that's why his English teacher always gives him extra work to do because he is well aware of his capabilities.The book opens with the letter which mentions the suicide of his middle school friend and the death of the most favorite person in his life Aunt Helen who met with a car accident which keeps haunting him again and again. Further he become friends with 2 seniors Sam and Patrick, with whom he got indulge in smoking and drinking. Also, he get to know about the relationship of his sister with an abusive boy and come to know about her pregnancy. He starts enjoying the company of Sam and fell in love with her and when he dares to kiss the most beautiful girl in the room he kissed Sam. After which there relation of being friends is kind of torn apart. Later everything gets sorted. In the end every senior he knows including his sister starts preparing for prom and the graduation ceremony, post that he ends up being hospitalized. He writes his last letter with the feelings of hope, releasing from the hospital, forgiving his aunt Helen, making new friends, and trying his best not to be a wallflower.I really cannot express how much I love this book. In the beginning I was bit confused about the content and format as it was the first Epistolary novel I've read, but later on I started loving this book because it is emotional and wonderful at the same time. When I read the book the feeling at the end was totally different from when i started and in the end I had an ear to ear smile.Author did a great job in describing the characters, besides protagonist every other character was very well described. I loved the character of Charlie the most because being sensitive and extraordinary at the same time is not an easy job to do. The way he understands every persons situation was really appreciable. Character of Sam was also very good.Overall this is the most decent fiction novel I've ever read and is must read for everyone who needs a break from the regular projects.

Damn, this book was amazing. And it's not one of those books where you figure out how amazing it is at the beginning, or even through the first half. It slowly creeps up on you. Or at least is slowly crept up on me. And the more I read, the more I loved it. And now that I've read it, I can safely say that this book definitely will go on a list of my favorite books ever. And another thing I should mention is that I've been avoiding this book for a while. One of the reasons was because I thought it was over-hyped (silly me). But then, finally, we had to read this book for University, and I'm so glad that the professor choose this book. It was the first book which I had to read, that I absolutely loved. And I haven't seen the movie, so I didn't know anything about the plot. And I'm glad that that was the case.The Perks of Being A Wallflower is a coming-of-age story. But it is also so much more than that. It is a story about a boy named Charlie who just started high school. Because he felt alone and scared, he started writing letters to... well to whoever is reading this book. At the beginning, I didn't quite like Charlie as a character. He cried way too much, and was a bit weird. But as the book went, I started liking him more and more. I also stared understanding him, and actually relating to him. Also, I liked most of the other characters (some more, some less). Yeah, they all had some flaws, and they all did some things which I sometimes didn't understand why, but we all act like that sometimes. One more thing that I absolutely loved was the friendship between Charlie, Sam and Patrick. I really wish I had a friendship like they did, in my own high school. It would certainly made things easier. I also loved that this book felt so nostalgic. Even though I finished high school not that long ago, it still brought me back to days when I just started school. And I loved that it did. So many times I've read a quote that described perfectly how I felt back then (or sometimes even now), which I couldn't find words to describe. But Charlie described it perfectly.Now, I should probably stop here and end this review, before I get too emotional. So in conclusion, I loved this book, and I can't say how much I'm glad that I've finally read it. And I'm sure that I'll re-read it many times in the future.