Has anyone read this?
It is so painful but so beautiful. It is meant to be aimed at younger audiences yet i find it to be a very mature book. I find Charlie instantly likeable, i love the style it is wrote in and the fact you have to keep reading to kind of 'fill in the blanks'.

Never heard of it, but I'm quite intrigued by the title, so I've looked it up on Amazon. It sounds like it would be quite a good read, so I'm adding it to my TBR pile. :lol:

KAY said:funny i found this thread today. ive just had a friend recommend it to me today. i said i liked catcher in the rye and he said about this book being similar. would you say that was the case.

^Same here, but I should get around to reading it before this month is up. :welcome:

I've started it this morning, and I've liking it a lot! Hopefully I'll finish it over the next few days, and will have more to say about it then. :welcome:

Finished this evening. Hmm.... not a great read. Easy and quick and I like the letter writing style.


Spoiler
Charlie's close friendship with Patrick and Sam developed awfully quickly and the age gap I found hard to get to grips with. I can't imagine being good friends with my sister's friends at school (who is 2 years older than me) which is what we are given in this story. Then again we are asked to believe that he was able to fight off 5 footballers easily. I suppose the story is narrated by Charlie and he could be exagerrating.

I just found out that The Perks of Being a Wallflower is being made into a movie with Emma Watson. I'd love to see this.

I read this a few weeks back, and though for a long time I've been avoiding it because it seemed too 'Catcher in the Rye'-like, and very teeny, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it.
It's written in the form of letters but very easy to be drawn into the story. Charlie, however naive and odd he might seem, is a very likable character. Also, the book is not shallow at all which, I must admit, I was expecting and it was one of the main reasons I kept avoiding reading it.
I didn't like it because of the story that much, though. I liked it because of Charlie and the atmosphere of the book. It's sad at most parts, and it sure feels like it. Not a very happy book, but still, a good read imo



This post has been edited by Brida: 22 May 2011 - 04:19 PM

I've read and loved this book many times.
Charlie is so compelling to me, as a character. His stream of consciousness letterwriting reminds me so much of how I used to be, when I was younger and more awkward. Maybe it's easy to love books you can relate to.

I LOVED this book. I read it in two days because I could not put it down. It was the kind of book I could easily get too involved in and suddenly find myself wondering how Charlie has been since his last letter.