THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER Paperback – 1 January 2012

The perks of being a wallflower by Stephen chbosky is amalgamation of genres namely YA fiction, Epistolary, Bildungsroman. I loved this book , like seriously loved it.This novel revolves around a 15 year old boy name Charlie who writes letters to an anonymous person throughout the book discussing about his day to day experiences. The letters are honest and he thinks that the person whom he is sending the letters will understand his situation without getting possessive. He is very shy and soft hearted boy with some unconventional thinking capabilities that's why his English teacher always gives him extra work to do because he is well aware of his capabilities.The book opens with the letter which mentions the suicide of his middle school friend and the death of the most favorite person in his life Aunt Helen who met with a car accident which keeps haunting him again and again. Further he become friends with 2 seniors Sam and Patrick, with whom he got indulge in smoking and drinking. Also, he get to know about the relationship of his sister with an abusive boy and come to know about her pregnancy. He starts enjoying the company of Sam and fell in love with her and when he dares to kiss the most beautiful girl in the room he kissed Sam. After which there relation of being friends is kind of torn apart. Later everything gets sorted. In the end every senior he knows including his sister starts preparing for prom and the graduation ceremony, post that he ends up being hospitalized. He writes his last letter with the feelings of hope, releasing from the hospital, forgiving his aunt Helen, making new friends, and trying his best not to be a wallflower.I really cannot express how much I love this book. In the beginning I was bit confused about the content and format as it was the first Epistolary novel I've read, but later on I started loving this book because it is emotional and wonderful at the same time. When I read the book the feeling at the end was totally different from when i started and in the end I had an ear to ear smile.Author did a great job in describing the characters, besides protagonist every other character was very well described. I loved the character of Charlie the most because being sensitive and extraordinary at the same time is not an easy job to do. The way he understands every persons situation was really appreciable. Character of Sam was also very good.Overall this is the most decent fiction novel I've ever read and is must read for everyone who needs a break from the regular projects.

I feel, More than a real lot, a book gives you a hell of an experience, and this experience was an unforgettable, lovely, memorable and what not one, once I started reading this one, I couldn't stop turning pages and couldn't skip a single word and never felt not into it.The narrator here is a kid, and he writes letters to someone he knows but doesn't reveals about himself to him. Whole book is all letters that he wrote to him about all that was happening in his life and what he thought and perhaps learned from it.Hence, the narration was supposed to be childish, naive, and cute and then had to portray the emotions too at the same time."I have to stop writing now because I am too sad." This was so cute. And funny. And sad. And exact. So many feelings at the same time."I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial that advertised an exercise machine. They kept flashing a 1-800 number, so I called it. The woman who picked up the other end of the phone was named Michelle. And I told Michelle that I was a kid and did not need an exercise machine, but I hoped she was having a good night." This thing made me laugh so hard and I had to go to my friend who lives in the next room to share it because I felt like I had to share it with someone close. If you have the context, you will feel that this thing has a strange hint of loneliness and sadness and maybe morbidity.And this book is full of such things and you will fall in love with it for that.This book also involved things about perspectives in life, and just like everything else, I loved them like one here,"So, I guess 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 where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.”I was crying and laughing at the same time.

The book was in Good condition with good printing quality... No issues with the content of the book 👍 !

Loved reading it .

If you are an introvert who has a lot of interest in observing human behaviour, yet you never want to come to the limelight, then this book is something that you will truly enjoy and resonate with. It also reflects C-PTSD in a comprehensive way.