Perks of being a wallflower

The perks of being a wallflower is a story wich is sad, funny, romantic and dramatic. It’s about Charlie, a shy boy who starts his freshman year of high school without any friends and no one to sit next at lunch. At a football game he meets Patrick and his step sister Sam, who immediately befriends him. They’re both cool outsiders who go their last year and always goes to parties with drugs and alcohol. They show him cool music, like The Smiths, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He gets new friends : Mary Elisabeth, Bob, Alice and Brad. Charlie enjoys it all until his mental issues starts to haunt him and he no longer can hide his feelings for Sam.

The drama escalates when Sam starts dating a college guy and Charlie dates Sams best friend Elisabeth even though he doesn’t have any real feelings for her. The drama tears on Charlie, and his mental health becomes worse and worse. He get into fights and accidentally kisses Sam at a party even though she doesn’t want to. He helps Patrick and his sister keep big secrets and at last he finds all of this hard to keep within him by himself. Everything reveals itself when Charlie has a serious mental breakdown and ends up in the hospital.

This book suits you if you like a bit more of a complex story about young adults. I'd say it's best for people aged 15 and older because the language can be a bit difficult and some scenes have mature content.

Linnéa Kårström. Peer corrected by Saskia Wickihalder Pettersson, Nellie Rönnqvist, and Emilia Bengtsson. EKES15