WIJFR Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky spoiler

[BlackCanary]

I LOVED this book, it was so sad and beautiful. I really liked how it was written, it definitely worked for the character.

I really related to Charlie, I have also stayed in the hospital due to a breakdown. I remember being checked in, having to take out the drawstring from my sweatshirt, DH bringing me a bag of clothes and the snow leopard stuffed animal he got for me from the Woodland Park Zoo. And then when DH had to leave, I remember sitting on the bed and realizing how alone I was. Like Charlie, it was such a big help having family and friends being so supportive.   

I found out that the author was also the director and producer of the movie, it was great that it followed the book very closely, but wasn't exactly the same. 

[rootbeerfloat]

I was pretty meh about this book. I wanted to like it, but it reminded me of A Catcher in the Rye, which is not one of my favorites.

I also haven't watched the movie (b/c of my impression of the book), but I did enjoy the Silver Linings Playbook movie. So maybe I just wasn't in the right mood at the time for Charlie.

[downbythebay]

Jul 8, 2013 12:59:19 GMT -5 rootbeerfloat said:

I was pretty meh about this book. I wanted to like it, but it reminded me of A Catcher in the Rye, which is not one of my favorites.

This makes me nervous! I loved both Perks of Being a Wallflower and Catcher in the Rye when I read them in middle school.  I re-read Perks of Being a Wallflower earlier this year and was not impressed.  I want to re-read Catcher in the Rye, I hope I still like it!