The Perks of Being a Wallflower is an excellent book that became a film a few years ago. I think that the movie was excellent, being that is had all of the main attributes to the book, and didn;t leave out any important bits. I also like how is didn't undersize the issues that want on in the book, such as depression, abuse, sex, homosexuality, death, suicide, et cetera. The main character, Charlie is a 15 year old boy just starting high school. He is a year older because he was held back a grade when he was emotionally ill after his best friend committed suicide. He is a sensitive boy who now has no friends, until he meets Patrick, Sam, and all of their friends.
In both the movie and the book, they are pretty much bad kids who smoke a pack a day and do weed and acid. But they are also nice, and smart, courageous and outgoing. Charlie soon befriends them and falls in love with Sam, a girl with short hair and Patrick's step-sister. Charlie spends the whole book and movie with these people, and dates and dumps their friend Mary Elizabeth. He liked her, but she was always talking, and was a bit bossy. Deep down, he loved Sam, but he didn't show it until a party where he was dared to kiss the prettiest girl in the room. However, he wasn't the only one with relationship problems. His older sister had a boyfriend who she was seeing in secret, because her parents had found out he had hit her. Even though she claimed he wouldn't do it again, he was to never be seen again. He then got her pregnant and cllaimed not to be the father. She got an abortion and they broke up.
The story ends with Charlie realizing the person he loves most molested him as a child and he is put into another hospital, where he is treated. The final part ends with Charlie and Sam getting back together after her and Patrick go tot college. This book is heartwarming and heartwrenching at the same time.
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