Reviewed by Amber (The Literary Phoenix) on
This book... is okay.
I know a lot of people love it to bits and pieces, and I want to love it because Emma Watson was in the film and I know that's a stupid reason, because that's my reason nonetheless. There are a lot of hard topics discussed in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, things we *don't* want to talk about, we don't want to hear about... the things we want to believe don't happen. They're important, and they're discussed well enough.
But... I just couldn't connect with Charlie. Or the other characters, not really. They feel so flat and predictable. I don't know. I think what happened to Charlie was terrible, and I am sorry for how unhappy all the various characters are as they struggle through high school... but mostly I was just bored. I feel like I should have been more entranced or furious about the story. I wasn't. The Perks of Being a Wallflower simply *was* for me.
There are beautifully written moments which I thoroughly appreciated, but I don't think I'd read it again.
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 18 June, 2018: Finished reading
- 18 June, 2018: Reviewed