The perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
And even if somebody else has it much worse,
that doesn't really change the fact
that you have what you have. (c)
The perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Someone told me that this book's like The catcher in the rye by J.D. Sallinger. So, since The catcher in the rye is one of my favorite books I decided to read The perks of being a wallflower even though I thought I was too old for it.
Well, I have to say that I like this book a lot, cause it's very interesting and touching and sometimes funny and kind and so on. Also it's easy to read. It's important to me since my English isn't perfect.
Well, I can see what people mean when they compare this book and The catcher in the rye... It's all about loneliness, damage, loss, feeling guilt and everything like that.
But... there's always 'but', huh?
But there are main characters of these books who don't have much in common (Of course they do have something in common, but not so much). Charlie from The perks of being a wallflower is so kind, naive, caring and childlike. And he's seemed so unprotected, he just wants everybody to be happy, he loves everyone and he's damaged at the same time. And Holden Caulfield from Salinger's novel is angry at everyone and angry at himself for he's what he is. It's sad, but I believe Holden is looked more truthfully and in a lifelike way than Charle.