‘As an adult it takes you back to when you were a teenager, as a child it shows you what lies ahead and as a teenager it inspires you’
Charlie is an introvert, a typical wallflower. He doesn’t have many friends and loses his only friend when he commits suicide. Being the youngest guy in his family, Charlie finds it hard to uncover the mysteries his life troubles him with. Charlie is sixteen years old, and his life is going to change forever, once he starts his high school.
Isn’t this a familiar set-up, a set-up every young-adult book comes up with. Don’t we already know these stories where the loser turns out to be the really cool, smart guy? Well this is all that one can say while reading the first few pages of the book, but wait and you’ll find so much more. This is where the book starts catching you and surprises you every now and then, at every turn of the page.
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