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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

Start date: April 1, 2023

Finish date: April 30, 2023

Discussion: MODERN / POPULAR READS

Why we're reading this: April 2023 - Bookshelf Catch-Up Selection
Group pick for Modern Classic/Popular Oct ‘18
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Jun 02, 2013 Ellie 9218 rated it it was amazing

I loved this book.
This book had me at page 2.
“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be." -pg. 2
This book was basically my best friend for 2 days. Started and finished it in two days. The only draw-back is that I wish it was longer, simply because I loved the story and didn't want it to end.
The entire book is written in letter format in a series of letters that Charlie has written to an anonymous "Friend". Not su ...more

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Feb 17, 2017 Shayney rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This book has been on my TBR list for a while and I am so glad that I have finally gotten around to reading it. I am a little disappointed because I was somehow thinking that after waiting for so long to read this book, that it was going to somehow different and maybe better than what it was. Maybe this was because it has been one of the highest books on my TBR for so long and I have built up this big expectation of this book inside my head, that it couldn't live up to it. But that is my fault, ...more

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Jan 21, 2019 Megan rated it really liked it

This is a wonderful coming of age story about the ups and downs of growing up. How fickle friendships can be and the emotions that come with belonging and rejection. In a series of letters written only to “dear friend”, Charlie lets his inner voice reflect on events that are happening in his life. Culminating in the wisdom that, "We are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose w ...more

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