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Sweet sweet Charlie. I'm struggling with what to rate this book. I'm torn between 3 stars and 4 stars so I guess I'll settle with 3.5 stars.
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The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. The picture that author Chbosky paints of the protagonist gives little to the imagination that he would be often overlooked. Luckily older friends embrace him and convince him to step out of his shell and live in the moment. As the story progresses, readers begin to get to know the flawed yet fabulous Charlie and root for him to finally let people in and live life. The book is classified as a Young Adult novel but I was actually surprised at th
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I enjoyed this book well enough, but the conceit of writing the book as "Dear Friend" letters to an anonymous reader didn't work for me. Instead, it felt like the author was just too lazy to write present-tense scenes or dialogue, so found a way to tell everything in past tense through the eyes of the semi-screwed up protagonist. Also, not to give away the ending, but I didn't like the great reveal and felt like the book would have worked better without giving some Big Reason why the protagonist
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Main characters voice is very interesting. Note content in this book may not be suitable for all readers.
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