I finished The Perks of Being a Wallflower this morning. I really enjoyed the writing style - it was written in letters to an unknown recipient during “Charlie’s” first year of high school. The style was reminiscent of Donald Miller in Blue Like Jazz - very conversational and simple drawing the reader in and immersing you in the world of Charlie and his friends. The honesty of Charlie’s experiences is raw at times but continually insightful.
Not particularly upbeat nor depressing, the book hovers somewhere in between where many of us live the majority of our lives - the mundane experience of getting through each day. Probably not the best book for me to read coming out of the holidays -- I tend to battle depression after Christmas, and this book did not do much to help me out of that pit. But I continued reading for the pure joy of the language and topic.
Truly well written. I recommend it to older teens and young adults - middle school kids still much too young for Charlie’s world (in my opinion).
On another note -- I am aware of the fact that this is NOT an interactive web sight (much to my chagrin). I was looking forward to all your responses to my blogs, but that isn’t going to happen with iWeb. So, I am exploring alternatives. If you are web sight savvy, I look forward to suggestions as I am new to this world. Email or Facebook me with your insights.
On to book two - A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink. I am a member of a task force team at our district’s high school, and this is recommended reading. So, I want to complete this before our next meeting mid-January.
Onward!
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