Perks of being a wallflower, Stephen Chbosky

Synopsis:

Charlie is a freshman, and while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends; the world of sex, drugs and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But Charlie can't stay on the sideline forever. Staying on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. 

It's been a really long time since I read a book as good as this one. I've been wanting to read it for a long time, but I didn't have time since a couple of days ago. It caught me since the very first page, since the very first line. 

I can't believe it's already finished... I didn't want it to finish because of how much was I loving it while I was reading. I hadn't read half the book when I decided it has become one of my favourite books ever. The way Chbosky tells the story from the perspective of a freshman, and how he describes everything Charlie is going through is just amazing. 

The main character, Charlie, can be really naïve, but that's how we all were before growing up. He's a wallflower, and during the book, he tries to "participate". He goes through many tough things during his life, but he learns a lot just by looking around and observing people. 

The book describes the hardest moments, the hardest things, in life, from thepoint of view of a fifteen-year-old. The word that can better describe the book is "life", because that's what it is. 

I love how all of Charlie's friends, and his sister and brother, seem to know so much about life. I love how Charlie falls for Sam, because I just loved Sam since the moment she said "Hey, Charlie"... She seemed like a really good person, caring, intelligent... I loved how Charlie called Patrick "Nothing" before meeting him, because that was the nickname everyone gave him. 

And one of my favourite scenes was when they felt infinite. I just loved it. 
An the ending... Oh my god, the ending... I heard there's a lot of people who didn't get what Aunt Helen did to Charlie, and they had to re-read the book to catch it, but I did. It seemed the perfect answer to Charlie's sometimes strange behaviour, and it was a bit expected for some people, while the rest of them had no idea. It explains most things about the book.
So when I finished the last page and closed it, I just felt weird. It was one of the best books I've ever read, but it was the one who told the other part of life, the bad part, but being real. So it explains a lot of hard things to go through, like drugs, being lonely, sexual abuse..., but it also tells all those beautiful things about growing up, the first kiss, the first love, starting high school, making new friends, the love shared by a family, the beauty of a real friendship...  

So I think everyone should read this book. Now that I've finished it, I'm finally going to go see the movie. Let's hope it is as good as the book. 

Have you read it? Have you seen the movie? Did you like it?