The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Reader reviewed by Greta

This book is very simmilar to the book called 'catcher in the rye', but it has totally different story. This story is about a boy, who is a teenager, and he tries many different things what teenager do;he has sex, tries drugs, falls in love,etc.But the story also goes around his godmother, who is really good and friendly.But you can see her real face in the end of the book. Enjoy!

Reader reviewed by mzblonde

This book revolves around an outsider's perspective. Anyone could relate to it. I certainly did. The way its written in letter-format makes it very mysterious, you eventaully feel like Charlie is writing to you. The author wrote it well, however I didn't like that the main character seems so juvenile. OVerall, good coming of age story!

Reader reviewed by Bookworm9

This extremely heralded book is about a bright, sensitive, and somewhat naive freshman named Charlie. The entire book is written as letters to a "friend" to whom he remains anonymous. The letters describe his struggles and triumphs in school, relationships, and at home.

The book is definitely well-written and intriguing, and Charlie is a likable narrator. The ending was surprising and fitting. However, I thought a lot of the storylines either played into stereotypes or else were completely out there. To me, a lot of it did not seem realistic at all. I mean, what teenage guy has really never heard of masturbation? Many of the characters just didn't ring quite true to me.

By all means, you should read the book-- it's good. I just don't think it's the end-all and be-all of "glimpse into high school literature" the way many critics have made it out to be.