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Reader reviewed by katie

The whole reason I bought this book is because i was standing in a bookstore looking for something else, and a random guy walked up to me and asked if I'd ever read it. I said no, and he handed me a copy and said "Read it; it'll change your life." So I bought it, brought it home, and read it. And when I finished, I started again from the beginning. And when I finished reading it the second time, I opened it up from the beginning and started reading it a third time. And then I made three of my friends read it. In short, this book is incredible.

Summarizing this novel, it's about a boy starting high school and going through the typical high school problems: sex, drugs, music, friends, schoolwork, and so on and so forth. But on top of all that, it outdoes every other cliche teenage novel not by an exceptional storyline, (not that the storyline isn't wonderful), but by the little lines that aren't necessarily involved in most storytelling. They're the little lines that make it more personal and make a person really think. Charlie's not just a character in a book, he's a person; he has thoughts and he thinks and it's about things that most of us don't notice. Instead of just summarizing the high school experience that we all go through, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" gives us a different and more humble approach to life that I think everyone can get something out of.