30 books challenge #5

Hey there! I just finished my next book on my list. I was actually very prejudiced about it, because I had to read it for school, and normally I don't like the books I have to read in class, especially the ones we read in English. They always end up dissapointing me, because they are either really boring or I imagined them really different and don't like what they end up to be.
But not so with this book!

The book's called 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' by Stephen Chbowsky. It's about a fifteen years old boy called Charlie, who's going through puberty and becoming an adult, while being a little different from the norm.

When I read the first few pages, I noticed that it was fairly easy written and you didn't need to think much about what you were reading, because you just understood everything, even as a non native speaker. Over the course of the book the style in writing changes though, at least that's what I got the impression of, probably because the main character develops into a more confident person, so his thoughts are more complex as well. The book is written in the form of letters, by the way, a thing I had to accostum myself to, because I normally don't read books written like that.

Also the subject of the book was very interesting, especially seeing someone grow up to who he ends up to be in such an inordinary way. I really liked the fact that you didn't get to know everything in the first place and you have to read further to actually learn everything.

All in all, I think this book is definitely worth giving it a try and I wouldn't mind reading it a second time!

4 stars out of 5

Fun thing: The book was written by the same person who wrote the screen play for the film version of one of my favorite musicals, 'Rent'.

other books I read:
- Queer Greer, by A. J. Walkley

books to read until I'm done with the challenge: 25