The book The Perks of Being a wallflower is a really good coming of age tale. It's the point of view of a teenager named Charlie who is going through High school. This book is basically a diary but a little bit more "intimate" and instead of him writing in a book he is sending them to someone we never really find out who, but it doesn't matter because when you read it, it feels like he is sending them to you. There are many points in this book which just get you to stop and think. For example my favorite quote from this book is " Charlie, we accept the love we think we deserve," (page 24). If you do decide to read this book be sure to read the epilogue it gives you a little bit of information of what terrible thing that happened in the past makes him act the way he does.You may be wondering or not how the title got its name The Perks of Being a Wallflower. In this book there is a point where he catches his friend doing something, he listens to what his friend says about it and promises not to speak of it. His friend (Patrick) says "He's a wallflower," (page 37) and then to Charlie he says "You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand," (page 37). The author of this book is also the director of the movie which is great because he really did do a good job of making it a movie. You have to keep in mind that in the book his name and all his friends names aren't their real names he just uses them so the reader can not find out who he is. We never find out his real name. This book shows you the twist and turns of someone's life and what those memories even from years ago can cause you to do unexplainable things.
