The Perks Of Being A Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)

Charlie is extremely nervous about starting high school with no friends, so he starts writing to someone though letters. He uses fake names so the letters stay confidential.

Charlie's AP English teacher, Bill, gets Charlie to read all sorts of books. Bill believes Charlie should be more social around other people.

During a football game, Charlie meets a kid called "Nothing" (whose real name is Patrick) and a nice, beautiful girl named Sam. They seem to be the only people who even notice Charlie's existent.

Charlie is a wallflower; he see's things, but does not judge. He notices everything, but nobody notice's him. But there are perks to being a wallflower.

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This has to be the strangest book I have ever read.

There is no plot what so ever. No climax. No suspense. Only character vs. self- conflicts. There is nothing to hold one's attention.

The one thing that kept me reading was how it is written. I don't even know how to describe it. I think the writing is what gave the most character to Charlie, just because it was written in such a weird, personal way.

Charlie is not a character you rout for. But for some reason, his life is interesting. The whole book I was trying to figure out what was wrong with him. I think the main thing in this book was his illness.

There was absolutely nothing else but characterization in this book. There was only a little bit of symbolism and emotion, but that’s it. Even though there was only characterization, it was still an awesome book.

4 out of 5 stars.