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I really loved this book. It's the first I've read that so clearly and truly captures what high school felt like. Charlie, the narrator, is beginning high school in 1991, so he would have also been my contemporary which I think probably further endeared him to me.
This is a gritty, difficult book topically. While all in all Charlie seems to be pretty happy, he's struggling with a lot, personally, within his family and within his friend group. It's real though. Teenagers deal with all of these is ...more
This is a gritty, difficult book topically. While all in all Charlie seems to be pretty happy, he's struggling with a lot, personally, within his family and within his friend group. It's real though. Teenagers deal with all of these is ...more
Charlie is weird, slow and very observant. He seems dysfunctional and we learn about his life through his letters to an anonymous reader. Book is very slow in places and just a bleak view of teenage life. I had to read a few pages at a time, because I got tired of the strange voice and depressing situations. I think the target audience is misfit teens and it just was not my kind of book.
Charlie's friends initially seemed like good friends to him, but as the book progressed, they became worse and ...more
Charlie's friends initially seemed like good friends to him, but as the book progressed, they became worse and ...more
Felt like I was reading while wrapped in very thick cotton balls but it was enjoyable.
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