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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Sep 7, 2010
Pros: enjoyable characters and story
Cons: rather busy and rushed
Summary: With Banned Books Week coming up, one of our Books Category Leads has begun hosting her annual write-off to call attention to the fact that banned or challenged books deserve to be read and judged for ourselves as to their merit. Books that make some ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 24, 2012
Pros: -Great connection for teenagers/young adults
-Inspiring
-Interesting 1st person point of view
Cons: -Contains extreme sexual themes and contents
-Contains extreme drug information
-Very emotional (could be a good thing)
Summary: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky reflects exactly how most teenagers feel in this day of age, emotional. The book follows the life of a freshman in high school named Charlie, who writes to the reader through letters. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 28, 2011
Pros: I can't think of anything right now.
Cons: Main character, voice, plot.
Summary: Ok, so I'm definitely in the minority with this book. I didn't really like it at all. In fact to me, it was a book for teenagers trying to be angsty to try to relate to. But even then I'm not sure how they could relate to some of ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 18, 2011
Pros: It has amazing detail and depth. You feel like you are part of the book.
Cons: You can get lost sometimes and some of it is hard to keep up with.
Summary: In this wonderfully creative book, a high school freshman named Charlie tries to deal with his life through a series of letters to an anonymous friend who never writes back. He doesn’t want anyone to reply, he simply likes the idea of knowing that ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 16, 2011
Pros: engaging and compassionate narrative voice, quick read
Cons: extremely "R-rated"
Summary: When I realized that it was Banned Books time again, I wondered what I could review to take part in the write-off. I haven’t read anything very controversial lately and I wanted it to be something fresh in my mind, so I figured this merited a trip ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 12, 2009
Pros: Word choice, sentence fluency makes it sound as though someone is really talking to you
Cons: None.
Summary: I love the way another reviewer described it as "a modern catcher in the rye" I agree with this. I read both of those books back to back. One thing I love is the character's innocence. It's absolutely enchanting. He talks as though he is a fifth ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 4, 2008
Pros: Amazing, fun to read, great writing style.
Cons: Somewhat abrupt ending.
Summary: After reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower, I was actually disappointed that the book was over with. This coming-of-age tale is about a young kid named Charlie, a shy, intelligent, introvert, with a lot on his mind. The story takes place in a suburb ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 9, 2006
Pros: Makes you think...nuff said.
Cons: Nothing
Summary: This book changed my life. Being a junior in high school alot gets thrown at you. You start feeling things you've never felt before and start looking at the world in an entirly different way. I finally found some kind of place for me among people I ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 23, 2004
Pros: It won’t make you understand your life. It makes you understand how to live.
Cons: Naming your hero Charlie conjures up all sorts of “Flowers For Algernon” images.
Summary: They say that if “Catcher In the Rye” was published for the first time today, it would be marketed as a young adult novel. After all, when “Catcher” was printed in 1951 there was no such thing as a serious book meant for teen ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 17, 2004
Pros: Nice looking cover.
Cons: Ridiculously overdrawn. Lacking detail. One-dimensional characters.
Summary: After reading several reviews of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and finally going to Borders to buy it, I was extremely anxious to open it up and have a read. Many people have compared the book to The Catcher in the Rye, undoubtedly one of the greatest ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 2, 2004
Pros: Emotional honesty & originality of narrator’s voice
Cons: Plot can be slow-moving at times
Summary: “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” tells a year in the life of Charlie, a freshman in high school who journeys from having a hard time after his good friend Michael kills himself, to Charlie growing into a more well-adjusted teenager who is able ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 1, 2004
Pros: The best characters I've ever been introduced to
Cons: The book is frustratingly short
Summary: I'm not even sure what possessed me to read this book. It was boredom, I suppose. I had found it lying on my friend's floor and picked it up to read for lack of anything better to do. What a sweet substitute for boredom I did find. After reading just ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 22, 2003
Pros: Almost everything - controversial topics, characterization, writing style, easiness to read
Cons: Very few - family gathering parts, kind of short
Summary: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky is one of those “coming of age” stories that took me by surprise. One day during my English class I was glancing over a book report list and the strange title of this story caught my eye. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 17, 2003
Pros: Good writing, good message
Cons: Slow parts,
Summary: This review makes many references to the book The Catcher In The Rye. If you haven't read the boo ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 27, 2002
Pros: the writing and content
Cons: it ends too soon
Summary: my former coworker quit her job with me at the cafe and started working at a book store a few stores down. i went in my afternoon and told her to pick me out a book, that i will read no matter what. i tend to pick up books and put them down cause they ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 5, 2002
Pros: Realistic, touching, moving, and fun.
Cons: Leaves you wanting more (but maybe that's a good thing!)
Summary: the perks of being a wallflower is, as stated in the title, a simply breathtaking book. It is one of those books that leaves you breathing heavily and saying "Wow." after you read the last page. I will break down the pros of this book, in an ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 20, 2002
Pros: very good quick read
Cons: Boring and repetative
Summary: the perks of being a wall flower
by Stephen Chbosky
213 pages
The conflict in this story concerns a boy named Charlie whose best and only friend died in an appalling tragedy. Charlie?s problem is that it is very hard for him to make ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 11, 2002
Pros: ::Easy, fast read. Will keep your interest::
Cons: ::Short. Some slow parts. Not for everybody::
Summary: Many books have been published in our time. By “our time” I mean Generation X’ers of course. Anyway, certain books are written that change your entire outlook on life and make you think differently. Well, this may sound like a thematic essay, but ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 10, 2001
Pros: Good writing style, interesting, easy to relate to a character in feelings sense
Cons: too short, want more of an ending
Summary: Summary of Plot
Although the main idea (coming-of-age) has been done many times through out history, this book is really special in that it's very simple, yet intriguing. The language is really plain and simple, the writing style is simple. ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 2, 2001
Pros: a thinker. a deep thinker. a deep thinker which is easy to relate with
Cons: at times too easy to relate with
Summary: The ultimate guidebook for anyone hoping to understand what their child means when they say "I don't fit in".
Through letters to an unknown someone, the main character Charlie tells the story of his painful teenage years. In which he tries, usually ... read more
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