In the end we learn the root of Charlie's psychological problems, and we confront, with him, the coming rigors of 11th grade, ever hopeful that he'll find a suitable girlfriend and increase his vocabulary.
Charlie's English teacher and others have a disconcerting tendency to rhapsodize over Charlie's giftedness, which seems to consist of Charlie's unquestioning assimilation of the teacher's taste in books. Into these standard teenage issues Chbosky infuses a droning insistence on Charlie's supersensitive disposition. Patrick goes with Brad but breaks up with him when Brad's father discovers their relationship. Charlie goes out with the uppity Mary Elizabeth. Sam is pretty, and Charlie learns about heartbreak. Patrick is gay, and Charlie learns about gay. He hangs out with a group of seniors, among whom are Patrick and Samantha. Charlie has the usual dire adolescent problems-sex, drugs, the thuggish football team-and they perplex him in the usual teen TV ways. The crying soon gets out of hand, though-in subsequent letters, his father, his aunt, his sister and his sister's boyfriend all become lachrymose. Charlie's response-valid enough-is to cry. The novel is formatted as a series of letters to an unnamed ""friend,"" the first of which reveals the suicide of Charlie's pal Michael. Charlie, the wallflower of the title, goes through a veritable bath of bathos in his 10th grade year, 1991. Follow the Author Stephen Chbosky The Perks of Being a Wallflower Hardcover Augby Stephen Chbosky (Author) 37,390 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 17.46 27 Used from 2.15 5 New from 17.46 1 Collectible from 79. A trite coming-of-age novel that could easily appeal to a YA readership, filmmaker Chbosky's debut broadcasts its intentions with the publisher's announcement that ads will run on MTV. You'll fall in love with these characters.' R. Something which no one can explain, but everyone can feel. Something that will deeply mark everyone: from Christopher and his mother, to the local sheriff, the residents of the retirement home, and every student at the school. In other words: perfect for what is about to happen. Their new home, the town of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania, is sleepy, ordinary, and isolated. She will have to do that more than she ever imagined. He will go through much more before he turns eight.Īll his mother Kate Reese ever wanted to do is protect him. As well as being an author, Steven Chbosky is a film director and screenwriter. A masterpiece' EMMA WATSONĬhristopher Reese has been through a lot by the age of seven. Im the author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Imaginary Friend, director of Wonder, and most importantly. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is his first novel.
An epic literary event twenty years in the making: t he new novel from Stephen Chbosky - author of multi-million copy sensation The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
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