The Perks of Being a wallflower - Review

The book "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" was written in the 1990s by Stephen Chbosky, an american Novelist. It's about a 15 year old boy who sends letters to an unknwon person on which whe tells what happens to him during his year as a freshman on a high school.

Charlie came to his new school with now friend , as a shy and sentimental person with no friends, his best friend killed himself ad his aunt who meant a lot to him got killed at a car accident. As he met Sam and Patrick his whole life got turned upside down. He used to stay at home and read and think about everything, but then he went to parties, took drugs, drunk and smoked. All this are topics in which nearly everyone comes in contact while being a teenager. The story itself has funny and sad parts, just like real life. It shows really all that charlie experienced, but sometimes it's a bit nasty. But it makes the book fortiory interesting. You can really feel with Charlie, because you may made some similar experiences in your live. Sometimes I fealt like i don't read a book, but rather a real letter wo was sent to me by one of my own friends.I can only recommend this book. It's quiet easy to read, because there are not so many big confusing words, but if there are they are well explained. It's the best book we read so far in english and it was it's 10 € absolutely wort it.

Description of Charlie

Charlie is a 15 year old shy, sensetiv, soft and introverted boy, a wallflower. He is very emotional and cries alot. His only friend Michael commited suicide and his aunt, who meant much to him, died at a car accident. He spend a lot of his freetime with books an music, which are his passions. He got a pretty good connection to Bill, his teacher, who gave him some books to read. Bill also told Charlie to get involved with other people so charlie went to a footballgame. There he met Sam and Patrick, an they become good friends. He felt a bit more for Sam than just friendship and he didn't have a problem with Patrick being gay. From now on his live changes completely. With Sam and Patrick, he got in contact with drugs alcohol, smoking and parties, he found out about sexuality and also homosexuality. He also began to lie to his family, thats something he didn't do before, but his relationship to his sister who got pregnant got better. Charlie likes being a part of a group. He is a very good friend who always wants the best for everyone and sometimes he also made mistakes. At the end you find out that Charlie was abused by his aunt. So he had a hard childhood, and that could be the reasen why he has no self-confidemce and why he is so introverted.